Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid landed in UAE for a landmark state visit, the first by an Israeli foreign minister, on June 29, 2021. (Photo: Yair Lapid/Twitter)
Screenshot from a video released by US Central Command showing airstrikes against suspected PMF militia storage facilities in as-Sikak near the Syria-Iraq border, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Jack Holt/US CENTCOM)
In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, three versions of Iran’s domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from the Natanz uranium enrichment plant. (Photo: IRIB/AP)
Palestinian security officers in plainclothes clash with demonstrators following a rally protesting the death of Palestinian Authority outspoken critic Nizar Banat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 26, 2021. (Photo: Nasser Nasser/AP)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (left) is received by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi PM Office)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Special Representative for Iraq, visited the family of assassinated Iraqi activist Ihab Jawad Al-Wazni in Karbala, June 24, 2021. (Photo: UNAMI)
A giant container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal after a gust of wind blew it off course, bringing marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes. (Photo: AFP / HO/ Suez Canal)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right), meets with outgoing UK Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hickey, in Erbil, June 23, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) is pictured during his meeting with Jordanian King Abdulla bin Hussien, June 23, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency/Twitter)
