Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu looks on after a speech at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) Plenum Hall during a session to elect the new speaker of the assembly in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defense of Turkey arriving in Moscow, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey)
Iraqi President Latif Rasheed (first from right) reviewing the reconstruction process of war-torn Iraqi northern city of Mosul, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi presidency)
A fighter of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army take part in a military parade in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate on June 9, 2022. (Photo: AP/Anas Alkharboutli)
Participants gather to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting, in front of the "Centre democratique du Kurdistan" (Kurdistan democratic centre) in Paris, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Julie Sebadelha/AFP)
Former Iran's national soccer team coach Ali Daei before an Asian Cup 2011 qualifying soccer match between Iran and Singapore in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2009. (Photo: Hasan Sarbakhshian/ AP)
Agit Polat, spokesman of the Kurdish Democratic Counsel in France, speaks during a march to honor three women Kurdish activists who were shot dead in 2013, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022 in Paris. (Photo: Lewis Joly/ AP)
Turkey's National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, right, arrives to inspect troops at the border with Syria in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 3, 2020. (Photo: Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)
Ahmed Askary (top right) replacing Khalid Shwany (top left). Rebaz Berkoty (bottom right) is set to take over ministry of Peshmerga Afffairs, currently held by Shorish Ismael (bottom left). (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)
Fire brigade medics evacuating on a stretcher a wounded demonstrator during a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Lewis Joly/ AP)
