Syrian firefighters and first responders inspect damaged vehicles at the site of an explosion in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo: AP)
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on July 22, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. (AFP)
Farmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missile launches. (AP)
a lively graduation ceremony scene where female students in academic robes toss traditional Kurdish headscarves (Jamadani) into the air. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Israeli battle tanks deploy in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah (Eastern Zawtar) in southern Lebanon as pictured from the nearby village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah (Western Zawtar) on Aug. 2, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (left) during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong, center, arrives at the Jinbu train station in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP)
The nose of an Ukrainian "Antonov" plane at German airport Leipzig-Halle in Schkeuditz, eastern Germany, after a drone was spotted nearby, August 5, 2026. (AFP)
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (1L), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (1R), Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani (2L), and Ilham Ahmed (2R). (Photo: SANA)
Gas Prices are displayed at Rocktane Gas as low temperatures affected the area during Memorial Day on May 25, 2026 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo: AFP)
Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather by a giant Iraqi flag during a mourning ceremony near the shrine of Imam Hussein in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala. (AFP)
The oil tankers Tataki (Liberia-flagged) and Maran Aspasia (Greece-flagged) filling while docked at Al-Basrah Oil Terminal, 50 kilometers in the Gulf waters offshore of Iraq's southern Faw peninsula, August 5, 2025. (AFP)
