A Saudi flag (L) flies at the new Saudi Consulate headquarters in Baghdad, April 4, 2019, while the Iranian flag (R) hangs outside the Iranian Embassy in London, Feb. 20, 2014. (Photo: Carl Court/AFP)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (top right) during his meeting with Chairman of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Falih Al-Fayyadh in Damascus, March 2, 2022. (Photo: Syrian Presidency/Facebook)
Families carry the coffins of Kuwaiti prisoners of war whose remains were found in a mass grave in Iraq and identified following a DNA test in Kuwait City, Nov. 23 2020. (Photo: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP)
A man captures images of the ARK UAV E35 by XBO Robotics during a live demonstration at the UMEX Exhibition showcasing drones, robotics, and unmanned sytems at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the gulf emirate, Feb. 23, 2022. (Ph
Ukrainian servicemen wait in formation before an exercise in the Joint Forces Operation, in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP)
The scene where Israeli settlers attacked the cars and stores of Palestinians in the town of Huwara near Nablus, Jan. 24, 2021. (Photo: Huwara Regional Council)
Lebanese men smoke waterpipes as they take a break outside their workshop in an alley of the northern city of Tripoli's empoverished neighbourhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP)
Laith Majid Hussein (L), head of Iraq's Antiquities Authority, is pictured with Iraqi deputy foreign minister, Ahmed Tahseen Barwari, during a press conference at Baghdad airport on February 7, 2022. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)