A Yezidi woman walks in the remains of people killed by Daesh at a mass grave near the Sinuni village, Sinjar district, Feb. 3, 2015. (Photo: Safin Hamid/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) meets with Brigadier Richard Bell, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, July 6, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
An Afghan soldier plays a guitar that was left behind after the American military departed Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 5, 2021. (Photo: Rahmat Gul/AP)
A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant outside the city of Bushehr has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on June 20, 2021. (Photo: Majid Asgaripour/Mehr News Agency/AP)
An Iraqi man connects overhead cables providing generator electricity to homes and businesses who can afford it in Sadr City, Baghdad, July 2, 2021, amid power outages and soaring temperatures. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)