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)
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)
