A previous visit of US Deputy Envoy to Syria David Brownstein (center left) to the Foreign Relations Department of the local administration in the northern Syrian city of Qamishlo, April 14, 2021. (Photo: AANES)
Ayazudin Hilal, a former Afghan interpreter for the US, holds his medal during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 30, 2021. (Photo: Mariam Zuhaib/AP)
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood (L) in a meeting with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Erbil on May 15, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system (left) intercepts rockets (right) fired by Hamas towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Anas Baba)
Iraqis set Israeli flags on fire during a solidarity march with the Palestinians, in the capital Baghdad on the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation in 1948, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad AL-Rubaye / AFP
A US soldier from 4th Infantry Division 4 Brigade Alpha Company presents a gift to an Afghan child during a patrol at Khogiani in Langarhar, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2010. (Photo: Kim Jae-Hwan / AFP)
A new video by the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) claims to show clear evidence of genocide. (Photo: UNITAD)
A screenshot of video released of the SDF's overhaul of security and health procudurers at a prison housing ISIS detainees in Syria's northern Hasakah province. (Photo: SDF Press)
Khalid bin Salman (left), Saudi deputy defense minister walks alongside with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (right) in capital Baghdad, May 11, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi government)
