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Two Iranian Islamic Shiite clerics talking to each other at a religious conference in Qom., March 10, 2011. Photo: Reuters...

Kurdish environmental activists work to extinguish a wildfire on Abider Mountain near Sne (Sanandaj), in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat), July 25,...

Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti during a special forces training exercise in the 1980s, demonstrating survival skills by eating a snake...

Dubai police, UAE. Photo: Video still/Khaleej Times/YT How the UAE Cracks Down on Freedom in the Digital Age Sara Hussein...

Illustrative image: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/ai Qatar’s 2036 Olympic Bid Sparks Alarms Over Islamist...

Islamist jihadist fighters with the Islamic State (ISIS) flag claim victory over Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. Photo: Reuters Sheri...

Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2025 WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters Ardishir...

A PKK female fighter lay down her weapon at the disarming ceremony in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 11, 2025. Photo:...

Members of the all-woman Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)/SDF during a raid at al-Hol camp in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan, (Rojava),...

Ahmed al-Sharaa—also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani and now Syria’s interim president—is pictured riding one of Bashar al-Assad’s prized horses...