An operator with the UAE, aboard the U.S.S. Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) during exercise Iron Defender 20 in the Arabian Gulf, Mar. 2, 2020. (Photo: CENTCOM)
President Masoud Barzani, in meeting with Ahmed Jarba, leader of Al-Ghad Movement of Syria, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A militant stands next to the coffins containing the bodies of hostages, from right to left, Shiri Bibas, her two children, Ariel and Kfir and Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo: AP)
A photo taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam shows smoke rising after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the village of Kfarshouba near the border on Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
An Israel Air-Force (IAF) Boeing 707 refueling plane and several F-35 and F-15 fighter jets carry out a drill just off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces IDF)
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Photo: AP)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, right, meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa during his visit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo: Amr Nabil / AP)
