In front of the damaged shopping mall after a fire tore through the newly opened Hyper Mall overnight in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Syrian Druze fighters walk near a damaged army military vehicle, after Syrian government forces pulled out of the southern Suwayda governorate, on July 17, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
This handout picture taken and released by the official Telegram Channel of top Russian negotiator and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, on Jul. 17, 2025, (Photo: AFP)
Members of Syria's Druze community walk through tear gas fumes, to attempt to cross the barbed-wire fence with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Jul. 16, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, one of the three spiritual head of the Druze community in Syria (R), Sheikh Yousef Jarbou, one of the three spiritual head of the Druze community in Syria (L). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Israeli forces gather by the dividing line as members of Syria's Druze community gather on the other side attempting to cross the barbed-wire fence with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near Majdal Shams on Jul. 16, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
