US National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
A U.S. soldier stands near a child during a patrol near the Syrian-Turkish border in the countryside east of Qamishlo, Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, Aug. 21, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
A handout picture shows the testing of the fourth generation Khorramshahr ballistic missile, named Khaibar, at an undisclosed location, May 25, 2023. (Photo: Iranian Defense Ministry/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about US policy towards China during an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, on Mar. 17, 2016 (Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)