Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L) attending a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Mar. 12, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Russia's Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, in charge of Russian troops for radioactive, chemical and biological protection, speaks at a briefing in Moscow. (Photo: AFP)
A damaged portrait of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad lies on the ground in the western Syrian port city of Latakia on Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani (right) is pictured during observing guards of honor in Russian capital Moscow, Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Office)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani arrives address the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting of the Commission of the General Council of the All-Russian political party (United Russia) in Moscow, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: Yuri Kochektov/ POOL /AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shake hands at the end of a joint news conference in Ankara, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) shaking hands with Russian Ambassador to Iraq Elbrus Kutrashev in Erbil, Oct. 4, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
