Dr. Suren Keil, a professor at the University of Passau and an expert on federal systems talking to people gathered in the debate in Germany, Hanover, Jul. 6, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Vice Admiral Charles Cooper, nominee for commander of U.S. Central Command, testifies during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Jun. 24, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS)
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Fouad Hussein (R), Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, at Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, held in Istanbul, Jun. 21, 2025. (Photo: SANA)
A guard inspects an engraved stone, originally found at a Byzantine underground tomb complex believed to be over 1,500 years old and uncovered by a contractor in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, May 30, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Syrian defendant Issa Al H (C) bends over as he sits next to judicial officers in the dock in the courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on May 27, 2025,
Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021. (Photo: AP)