Robert Palladino, US Counsel General in Erbil, speaks at a memorial ceremony honoring the sacrifices of American and Kurdish soldiers on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin delivers an address at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia on May 31, 2021. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Western countries accuse Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's government of engineering the crisis by encouraging migrants to travel to Belarus and then taking them to the border Leonid. (Shcheglov Belta/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on prior to the arrival of US President Joe Biden for a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Oct. 29, 2021. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
