In August 2014, thousands of Yezidis were trapped in the Shingal mountains as they tried to escape from the so-called Islamic State. (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Emrah Yorulmaz)
Screenshot from a video released by US Central Command showing airstrikes against suspected PMF militia storage facilities in as-Sikak near the Syria-Iraq border, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Jack Holt/US CENTCOM)
Afghan security personnel stand guard along the road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar, July 9, 2021. (Photo: Javed Tanveer/AFP)
A woman from the Families of the victims of the 2020 explosion at Beirut’s seaport, left, comforts a woman who fall down while she was pushed back by Lebanese army soldiers, in Beirut, Lebanon, July 9, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Malla/AP)
Palestinians watch a Hamas rally just over a week after a ceasefire was reached in an 11-day war between Hamas and Israel, May 30, 2021, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. (Photo: Felipe Dana/AP)
Passengers watch aircraft as they wait for their flight at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 28, 2020. (Photo: Amr Nabil/AP)
A medical worker tests an Israeli youth for the coronavirus at a basketball court turned into a coronavirus testing center, in Binyamina, Israel, June 29, 2021. (Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP)
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid landed in UAE for a landmark state visit, the first by an Israeli foreign minister, on June 29, 2021. (Photo: Yair Lapid/Twitter)
Palestinian security officers in plainclothes clash with demonstrators following a rally protesting the death of Palestinian Authority outspoken critic Nizar Banat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 26, 2021. (Photo: Nasser Nasser/AP)
