Armed tribesmen and Yemeni army forces keep watch at the frontline area of Al-Jadafer, Marib, near the border with Al-Jawf governorate, on September 6, 2020. (photo: Sana'a Center)
A general view of the meeting between senior federal Iraqi security delegation and Kurdistan Region's senior Peshmerga and security officers in Baghdad. (Photo: INA)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff (R) and Jared Kushner (C) prior to their talks in Kyiv on Sept. 6, 2026. (AFP)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (3rd L), US special envoy Steve Witkoff (3rd R) and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (R) in Moscow, Sept. 5, 2026. (AFP)
Oil tankers burn in the Strait of Hormuz, illustrating the escalating war between Iran and the United States and the growing threat to regional energy and maritime security. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
(L to R), President Masoud Barzani, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi, Qasim al-Araji, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s Security Advisor. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP)
This picture taken from an area on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the nearby area of al-Mansouri on Sep. 2, 2026. (AFP)
Ghalibaf, an influential figure, has grown in prominence since the start of the war and was the lead negotiator in the so far only round of direct US-Iranian talks. (AFP)
Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore as a small motorboat passes in the foreground, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4 , 2026. (AP)
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 3, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
