A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next to an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
Turkish soldiers during celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular Turkish Republic, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 29, 2023 (Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP)
In this Oct. 19, 2023, photo, the U.S. Navy destroyer Carney (DDG 64) defeats Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea (Photo: U.S. NAVY / MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS AARON LAU)
A Kurdish flag is pictured amid the destruction caused by a reported Iranian rocket attack near town city of Altun Kupri (Pirde), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (right) during his meeting with Christian Ritscher, Special Adviser and Head of the UNITAD, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo: INA)
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