Kuwait's newly-appointed ambassador to Iran, Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh, handing a copy of his credentials to Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (L) in Tehran, August 13, 2022. (Photo: AFP Photo/ HO / Iranian Foreign Ministry)
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters hold a Turkish national flag and a Free Syrian Army flag at a checkpoint in Azaz on a road leading to Afrin (Photo: AFP)
Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) met the head of the Fatah Alliance, Hadi al-Amiri in Erbil’s Salahadin, August 14, 2022 (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
A delegation from the Shiite Coordinating Framework (SCF) led by Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Badr Organization, arriving in Kurdistan Region to meet with President Masoud Barzani, August 14, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Supporters of Iraq's Shiite Coordinating Framework during a rally outside the capital Baghdad's high-security green zone, on August 12, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Salman Rushdie was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel "Midnight's Children" in 1981, which won international praise and Britain's prestigious Booker Prize (Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP/File)
