US Congressman Joe Wilson Addresses Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Nominees Regarding Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025. (Photo: Wilson's profile)
A nun makes the sign of the cross while praying as she awaits the arrival of Pope Francis at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
President Masoud Barzani in meeting with Khamis al-Khanjar, a prominent Iraqi political figure and leader of the al-Siyada Alliance, Feb. 13, 2025, Erbil, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, (R), shakes hands with Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
In this June 10, 2011, file photo, taken during a government-organized visit for media, Syrian army soldiers standing on their military trucks shout slogans in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Damascus, Syria. (Photo: AP)