A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel, US Air Force)
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)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to his hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Oct. 15, 2023 (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AFP)
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and destroyers Thomas Hudner, Ramage and McFaul conduct a drill while underway in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group March 5. (Photo: MC2 Malachi Lakey/Navy)
This frame grab from video aired by Iranian state television on Sept. 27, 2023, shows what Iran's Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said is a Noor-3 satellite being launched from an undisclosed location in Iran. (Photo: IRIB via AP)
President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
President Joe Biden to arrives to deliver a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw (Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci).
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)
