Syrian refugee Ahmed al-Kassem and his family load a truck with their belongings from Türkiye, on the their way back to the family's home in Syria, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a speech during a session of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, February 17, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
US Consul General Wendy Green poses for a group photo with U.S. Army soldiers and graduates of the Peshmerga English Language Course in Erbil. (US Consulate)
Kurdistan Foundation Director Yara Barzanji (L-6) poses for a group photo with jury panel members and award-winning youth during the King Hamad Award Ceremony for Youth Empowerment, Feb. 15, 2026, in Manama, Bahrain. (Kurdistan24)
A girl gestures at al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on Apr. 18, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (L), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (R). (Photo: SDF press)
Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region (CR), and Osama Ibrahim Naffa, the Hungarian Ambassador to Iraq (CL), in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, on Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
Iraqi soldiers stand solemnly beside coffins draped with the Iraqi flag and adorned with red flowers during a ceremonial exchange of war remains with Iran at the Shalamcheh border crossing, Feb. 15, 2026. (INA)
The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the EU, Feb. 14, 2026. (AFP)
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R) listening to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Abu Dhabi, Feb. 9, 2026. (AFP)
