Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) and First Lady Asma al-Assad (2-R) being welcomed upon their arrival at the airport in Beijing, September 21, 2023. (Photo: Sana/AFP)
KRG Foreign Relations head Safeen Dizayee (second from right) during his meeting with Brett McGurk, White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Safeen Dizayee, the head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), speaking to Kurdistan 24, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Commander General of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve Major General Joel Vowell, Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Shifa Barzani, in his capacity as the General Supervisor of the Kurdistan Diaspora Confederation, spoke at an event in the Netherlands, Sept 17, 2023 (Photo: Dindar Kocer)
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee in Dirksen Building on May 2, 2023. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP)
Combined photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) attending a meeting in April 2023 and Syria's Bashar al-Assad during a televised speech. (Photo: Designed by AFP)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, speaking to Kurdistan 24, Sept 20, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
