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Photo shows a masked Somali pirate, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP)
The national flag of Saudi Arabia. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
A regional map illustrating the Middle East and South Asia with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan highlighted in green. (Photo: AI Generated)
The national flags of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan side by side on a conference table. (Photo: AI Generated)
A sailor from the navy of Yemen's Aden-based internationally recognised government stands at a machine-gun position aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane off Hanish Island in the Red Sea on July 27, 2026. (AFP)
Macron Says France to Deploy Military Assets to Protect Saudi Oil Port
The M/T Majestic X. (Photo: The US Department of War)
The logo of the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority. (Photo: UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority website)
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber takes off on a strike mission from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean against Taliban targets in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. (U.S. Navy)
military personnel carrying gear set against the Tahrir Square Freedom Monument in Baghdad and US-Iraqi flags on the right. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Staff Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah. (Photo: Iraqi Media)
An Israeli soldier takes his position while conducting a raid in the Palestinian village of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem on September 21, 2026.
Iraqi Border Guards patrol along the border with Syria, in Sinjar, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP)
Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Aug. 10, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF, close a bridge while surrounding the heavily fortified Green Zone. (AP)
A boat firing a missile during a military exercise by members of the IRGC and navy in the Gulf, Feb. 16, 2026. (IRGC)
