A Taliban fighter stands guard at the entrance of the police headquarters in Ghazni on August 12, 2021, as Taliban move closer to Afghan capital after taking Ghazni city. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani (Right), meets with Falih al-Fayadh, head of the Popular Mobilization Committee in Erbil, Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo: Barzani's office)
A man rides a bicycle past election campaign billboards depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a candidate for the upcoming presidential vote, in Damascus on May 23, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara/AFP)
The oil tanker Mercer Street, which came under attack last week off the coast of Oman, is seen moored off Fujairah, UAE. The UK navy warned of a “potential hijack” of another ship in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 3. (Photo: Jon Gambrell/AP)
President Masoud Barzani (right) is pictured during his meeting with UK Ambassador to Iraq Mark Bryson-Richardson, August 9, 2021. (Photo: Barzani Headquarter)
Iraqi oil minister, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael (right) during his meeting with KRG Minister of Natural Resources Kamal Atroushi in Baghdad, August 8, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi oil ministry)
Over the Horizon Force recently completed a rapid deployment force protection mission in Iraq and returned to its home base in Kuwait, Col. Wayne Marotto said. (Photo: OIRspox/Twitter)
Immigrants are standing behind a fence in a newly constructed refugee camp at the Ludninkai Military Training Ground, about 38 km (23.6 miles) south of Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.
