Supporters of Iranian-backed PMF militias hold a candlelight vigil at the site of the Jan. 3, 2020, US drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasim Solemani and PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Jan. 2, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
SDF members walk in the village of Baghouz on March 24, 2019, a day after the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” was declared defeated. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
The winner of the 2020 National Integration Prize, Bjeen Alhassan, who runs a learning platform on Facebook. It specifically addresses displaced women and helps them in their careers. (Photo: Bundesregierung/Bergmann)
A side of the opening ceremony of two Quran institutes in the city of Ras al-Ain/Serekaniye, which took place on 23 June 2020, in the presence of Abdullah Erin, governor of Turkey’s Urfa. (Photo: TR. News Agency)
People walk on the tarmac as dust and smoke rise after explosions hit Aden airport, upon the arrival of the newly-formed Yemeni government, Dec. 30, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Fawaz Salman)
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker in the US Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 30, 2020. (Photo: US Air Force/Senior Airman Roslyn Ward)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, attend a press conference in Sochi on Dec. 29, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Russian Foreign Ministry)