Iraqi protesters burn tyres in front of the Karbala governorate headquarters in the central city of Karbala, following the assassination Ihab al-Wazni, May 9, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf / AFP)
A bedouin boy holds the lambs of Abu Mari, a livestock farmer who raises camels, goats, and sheep, in the village of Ghezlaniah, in the countryside of the capital Damascus, April 20, 2021. (Photo: Louai Beshara / AFP)
Iraqi forces search an area in Tarmiyah, 35 km north of Baghdad, following clashes with ISIS fighters, February 20, 2021 (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes with ISIS fighters, February 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
People walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp which holds suspected relatives of ISIS fighters, in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, March 3, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Members of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Service (ICTS) are deployed in the streets of the capital Baghdad, March 27, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)