The Internal Security Forces (Asayish) Directorate building in Kobani city, Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria), on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo: Syrian Ministry of Interior)
Abdulkarim Hashem Mustafa, Iraq’s ambassador to Moscow (R), and Igor Nikolayevich Zubov, State Secretary and Deputy Interior Minister of Russia (L). (Photo: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry)
Women with a child, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, are seen inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Jan. 21, 2026. (AFP)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels taking part in a military drill near the island of Abu Musa, off the coast of the southern Iranian city of Bandar Lengeh. (AFP)
A symbolic illumination entitled "Rays of Memory" is projected over the graves of Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war with Russia, on Feb. 23, 2026, ahead of the 4th anniversary of war. (AFP)