Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on October 13, 2021. (Photo: Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Lebanon's capital Beirut in darkness during a power outage, with the Electricite du Liban (Electricity Of Lebanon) national company headquarters in the foreground, Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. (AFP Photo)
Mourners gather around coffins of loved ones during a mass funeral for Yezidi (Ezidi) victims of ISIS in Sinjar (Shingal) district’s village of Kojo, Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (left) talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on September 13. (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces personnel patrol along a road in Rah-e Tang of Panjshir province, August 29, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP)
Medical and hospital staff carry an injured man out of a car for treatment after two blasts, which killed at least five and wounded a dozen, outside the airport in Kabul, August 26, 2021. (Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP)
An Afghan family arrives at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in ChamanAn Afghan family arrives at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman to return back to Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi Shiite men take part in a religious procession during the month of Muharram leading up to the mourning day of Ashura, in the central city of Karbala, August 14, 2021. (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz said he told the UN Security Council on August 4, 2021 about Iran's UAV Command, blamed for recent attacks. (Photo: Benny Gantz/Twitter)
Tug boats are moored next to the Israeli-managed tanker MT Mercer Street off the Fujayrah port in the United Arab Emirates, Aug. 3, 2021. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
