Fish and people swim by the coral reef in the waters of the Red Sea near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP)
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) and First Lady Asma al-Assad (2-R) being welcomed upon their arrival at the airport in Beijing, September 21, 2023. (Photo: Sana/AFP)
Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Fuad Hussein (top right) is pictured during his meeting with Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi government)
Migrants stand behind a fence inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb. 5, 2021. (Photo: Petros Karadjias/ AP)
Portraits of people forcibly disappeared in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen are displayed during an event organized by Amnesty International and attended by their family members in Beirut, Aug. 30, 2023. (Photo: Anwar Amro/ AFP)
Flags of Turkey and breakaway North Cyprus hang on the facade of the newly-inaugurated terminal of Ercan airport outside Nicosia, July 21, 2023. (Photo: Birol Bebek/AFP)
Saudi Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi (L) presents his credentials to Palestinian Authority diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi at the Palestinian embassy in Jordan on August 12, 2023. (Photo: Wafa)
