Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw (L) and Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu (R) met on Thursday on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference in Paris. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24, 2024. (Photo: Valery SHARIFULIN/ AFP)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Iraqi Defense Minister Muhammad al-Abbasi meet at the Pentagon, July 23, 2024. (Photo: US Department of Defense)
Iraqi Defense Minister Muhammad Al-Abbasi, left, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met at the Pentagon, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Washington. (Photo: AP)