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)
Shiite Muslims shout anti-Sweden slogans during a procession on the tenth day of Ashura in the Islamic month of Muharram, in Karachi, July 29, 2023. (Photo: Rizwan Tabbasumi/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) speaking to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Sea Palace in Abu Dhabi, Jan. 25, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
