A family sit on a rock in front of a cargo ship anchors in the Marmara Sea awaits to access to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13, 2022 (Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP/File)
Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in meeting with Oleg Levin, Russia’s Consul General to Erbil, July 23, 2022. (Photo: Barzani headquarters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, center, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Tehran, July 19, 2022 (Photo: Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk to each other during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 29, 2021 (Photo: Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, Fi
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid address the media following their meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 8, 2022. Biden's visit to the Middle East this week includes meeting with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP File)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds up a letter of commitment to innovation at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. (Photo: Paul White/AP)
Iranian FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets Josep Borrell, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in, Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2022 (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP/File)