The Greek-flagged oil tanker Prudent Warrior, background, is seen as it sails past Istanbul, Turkey, April 19, 2019. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers on May 27, 2022 (Photo: Dursun Çam via AP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a Turkish Technology and Aviation festival, held abroad for the first time, in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 28, 2022. (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP)
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his photo as they celebrate the passing of a law criminalizing the normalization of ties with Israel, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, May 26, 2022. (Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects a military honour guard during a ceremony marking the docking of a submarine, in Kocaeli, Turkey, Monday, May 23, 2022 (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP Photo)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, speak with reporters after a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, May 23, 2022 (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
In this photo made available by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace, Ankara, May 16, 2022. Erdogan has thrown a spanner in the works of Sweden and Finland's historic decisions to seek NATO membership (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters following a Cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 11, 2021 (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
