Thomas Barrack, the U.S. Special Envoy to Syria (L), and Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (R), (Photo: Syrian Foreign Ministry)
Shops in central Khanaqin remain closed as residents observe a general strike in protest against recent administrative decisions affecting the district, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
US President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24, 2026. (AFP)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (right) shaking hands with Géza Andreas von Geyr, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo: INA)
