Two U.S. Army Soldiers deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve with the Syrian Democratic Forces on Oct. 28, 2024, in northeast Syria. (Photo: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Emma Scearce)
Palestinians watch smoke billowing following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo: Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Iranians lift up a flag and the mock-up of a missile during a celebration following Iran's missiles and drones attack on Israel, on April 15 2024, at Palestine square in central Tehran. (Photo: VOA)
US President Joe Biden speaks during the South Carolina’s First in the Nation Dinner at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 27, 2024 (Photo: Kent Nishimura/AFP)
Smoke billows from the Babasi oil facility in the countryside of al-Qahtaniya in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 6, 2023 following a Turkish strike (Photo: Delil souleiman/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (R) speaking with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2024 (Photo: Kurdish Regional Government)
