middle east
IDF troops of the 5th Brigade operate in the north Gaza city of Beit Hanoun. Dec. 22, 2023. (photo: IDF)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), US President Donald Trump (middle) and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (Photo: AFP)
Iranian newspaper front page, Tehran, April 13, 2026. (AFP)
A cargo ship is seen in the Hormuz Strait. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
A cargo ship is pictured off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on Feb. 25, 2026. (AFP)
The flags of Iran (middle), Lebanon (right), and Israel. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: AFP)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: AP)
Supporters of Hezbollah celebrate the ceasefire with Israel as it takes effect, Beirut, Lebanon, on April 17, 2026. (AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
Cargo ships and oil tankers transit through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most vital oil shipping lanes. (Photo: AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), US President Donald Trump (middle) and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (Photo: AFP)
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) greeting Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Jeddah, April 15, 2026. (AFP)
Ahmed Jumaa Al-Marashda (right), Director of Arab Affairs at the ministry, delivering protest note to Omar Abdulmajid Hamid Al-Obaidi, the chargé d’affaires of Iraq’s embassy in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi welcoming a high-level Pakistani delegation, April 15, 2026. (Photo: Tasnim News Agency)