Polish border guards patrol the area of a newly built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, June 30, 2022. (Photo: AP)
Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gathering next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters and their families from the town of Dumayr, Syria, April 19, 2018. (Photo: SANA via AP)
Travelers wait at the the departures board ahead of their flights at the Boryspil airport some 30 kilometers outside Kyiv on Feb. 13, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
US President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference on the eve of his first year in office, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 19, 2022. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Zeena Khalaf, a Yezidi migrant, speaks to Kurdistan 24 in her tent at one of the displaced person camps in the Kurdistan Region, Nov. 20, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan24)
Polish security forces gather at the border with Belarus to block entry of migrants who are mostly from Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, and Syria. (Photo: Leonid Shcheglov/AFP)
Iraqi nationals, mostly Kurds, arrive at Erbil International Airport after being stuck for weeks on the Belarus-Poland border, Nov. 18, 2021. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24)