A graphic illustrates the geopolitical tensions in the Red Sea following a declaration by Yemen's Houthi movement to ban Israeli-affiliated ships from the region, highlighting the strategic importance of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Pro-government Iranian demonstrators wave flags of Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah after Isreali strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in Tehran, June 7, 2026. (AFP)
Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad for five militants killed a day earlier in a US strike, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2023. (AFP)
U.S. Sailors observe as a Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter lands on the flight deck of USS Tripoli (LHA 7) while transiting the Arabian Sea, May 30, 2026. (AFP)
Iran's domestically built missiles and satellite carriers are displayed in a permanent exhibition at a recreational area in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP)
A man inspects the aftermath at the site of an Israeli strike that hit the previous day in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Jun. 5, 2026. (AFP)