Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, speaking to Kurdistan 24, Sept 20, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 10, 2023. (Photo: Omar Sanadiki/ AP)
A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
A plume of smoke rises from a building following a reported Russian air strike on Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province, on June 25, 2023. (Photo: Abdulaziz ketaz/ AFP)
Deputy Emir of Mecca Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz (R) welcoming Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) in Jeddah where he arrived on May 19, 2023 to participate in the Arab League Summit. (Photo: AFP)
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad attends the Arab foreign ministry meeting ahead of the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2023. (Photo: AP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabollahian, left, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, second right, and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, May 10, 2023. (Photo: AP)
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (third from right) walking along with Arab parliamentary leaders in Damascus, Feb. 26, 2023. (Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016 (Photo: AFP/JOSEPH EID/Getty Images)
Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, left, receives his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, center, upon his arrival at the airport in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Photo: Omar Sanadiki/AP)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (top right) during his meeting with Chairman of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Falih Al-Fayyadh in Damascus, March 2, 2022. (Photo: Syrian Presidency/Facebook)
