Boys wear costumes and carry Libyan flags to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the revolution that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, Benghazi, Libya, Feb. 17, 2019. 

Israeli soldiers walk past burning tires during clashes with Palestinian protestors following a demonstration against Jewish settlements, Urif village, West Bank, Feb. 15, 2019. 

Women sit with their belongings near Baghouz, Syria, Feb. 12, 2019.

A US Air Force aircraft lands in Beirut International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 13, 2019.

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces stands on a pickup truck mounted with a weapon, near Baghouz, Syria, Feb. 11, 2019. 

An Egyptian water skier practices on the Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 10, 2019. 

Flamingos fly over salt pools on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Jordan, Feb. 7, 2019.

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2019. 

Avigdor Lieberman, Yisrael Beiteinu party leader and Israel's former defense minister, is photographed on the campaign trail for upcoming elections during a visit to the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Feb. 5, 2019. 

A Maltese guard of honor stands at ease before a welcoming ceremony for Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, Valletta, Malta, Feb. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis stands next to the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, during a visit to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 4, 2019.

A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter keeps position near the town of Tal Hajar, northern Aleppo province, Syria, Feb. 1, 2019.

Visitors look at ancient Egyptian paintings on the newly renovated walls of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 31, 2019.

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri (C-L) meets with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C-R) in Damascus, Syria, in a handout released by SANA on Jan. 29, 2019.

A visitor takes part in a laser beam challenge on the Israeli police stand at the Cybertech 2019 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 29, 2019. 

Palestinian demonstrators are seen through a burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces in al-Mughayer village, occupied West Bank, Jan. 27, 2019. 

People gather at the site of a car bomb blast in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 24, 2019. 

A Palestinian demonstrator scuffles with an Israeli border police officer during a protest in the village of Anata, occupied West Bank, Jan. 23, 2019. 

A man bathes horses in a natural hot spring surrounded by snow, eastern Bitlis province, Turkey, Jan. 22, 2019. 

Pigeons fly around a 3-week-old female white rhinoceros and her mother at the Safari Zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel, Jan. 21, 2019. 

Fans holds up posters of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before an AFC Asian Cup match between Qatar and Saudi Arabia at Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 17, 2019. 

A man covers his face during a sandstorm near the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2019. 

US surfer Ben Coffey rides a wave during the World Surf League SEAT Pro Netanya qualification event in Netanya, Israel, Jan. 15, 2019. 

The wreckage of a Boeing 707 military cargo plane that crashed into buildings near Fath airport, Karaj, Iran, Jan. 14, 2019. 

A pilgrim takes a dip in the River Jordan during a baptism ceremony at Qasr el-Yahud, near Jericho, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan. 13, 2019.

A security guard looks through a window as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to students at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Jan.10, 2019.

A blacksmith sits in his shop at the Souq al-Melh market in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 9, 2019.

A Palestinian girl looks out of a car as her family returns to Gaza, Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 8, 2019. 

Seagulls fly over the Bourj Hammoud garbage dump during stormy weather, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 8, 2019. 

A worshipper walks inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, Jan. 6, 2019.

A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel warms himself by a fire in Tadef, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, Jan. 3, 2019. 

Supporters of the Palestinian Fatah movement wave flags during a rally marking the 54th anniversary of the creation of the party, Nablus, occupied West Bank, Jan. 3, 2019. 

Saudi men fire weapons as they perform a traditional dance during the Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 1, 2019. 

A Palestinian woman looks out of her shelter on a rainy day in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 30, 2018. 

Emirati competitors take part in the Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert west of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 28, 2018.  

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet military personnel during an unannounced visit to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2018. 

A man dressed as Santa Claus passes through an Israeli checkpoint on the way to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, Dec. 24, 2018. 

People walk through the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque after attending Friday prayers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 21,2018. 

A fan seen outside Zayed Sports City Stadium before the Club World Cup soccer match between Kashima Antlers and Real Madrid, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 19, 2018. 

Paratroopers from the Qatari armed forces take part in National Day celebrations in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 18, 2018.

Women hold a portrait of Selahattin Demirtas, the jailed former leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), as they attend a protest against the economic policies of the government, Diyarbakir, Turkey, Dec. 16, 2018.

Statues are seen inside a newly discovered tomb which dates back 4400 years to the rule of King Neferirkare Kakai, Giza, Egypt, Dec. 15, 2018.

A Palestinian is surrounded by smoke during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 13, 2018. 

Rescue workers search through wreckage after a high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 13, 2018. 

A visitor walks through a traditional Arabic light shop in downtown Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 10, 2018. 

A Syrian child carries a sack through a camp for displaced people near the village of Shamarin, northern Aleppo province, Syria, Dec. 6, 2018. 

The damage outside a police station after a suicide car bomb attack in Chabahar, Iran, Dec. 6, 2018. 

Iraqi security forces detain a demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Basra, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2018.​ 

Muslim Brotherhood members are seen behind bars during a court session in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 2, 2018. 

Relatives of citizens who disappeared during Lebanon’s civil war hold up pictures of them during a press conference in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2018. The press conference discussed a new law that will investigate the circumstances of the disappearances. 

Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in a protest against the detention of a member of their community who refuses to serve in the Israeli army, Jerusalem, Nov. 28, 2018.  

People take part in a protest opposing Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Tunis, Tunisia, Nov. 27, 2018. 

Israeli soldiers inspect the scene of a car-ramming attack near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Nov. 26, 2018. 

Archaeologists remove the cover of an intact sarcophagus inside tomb TT33 in Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 24, 2018. 

Fans watch practice laps ahead of the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23, 2018.

Birds fly over a mosque's minaret at sunset on Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2018. 

Members of Egy Falconer Club are seen at sunrise during a celebration on World Falconry Day, Borg al-Arab desert, Alexandria, Egypt, Nov. 17, 2018. 

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying a Qatari communications satellite, which will provide connectivity to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov. 15, 2018. 

The Royal Aero Sports Club of Jordan flies a gyrocopter over the Dead Sea, Jordan, Nov. 13, 2018.

Residents of southern Israel protest their government's decision to call a ceasefire with Gaza in response to a similar decision by Palestinian militants, Sderot, Israel, Nov. 13, 2018.

A man cries after being found not guilty during the trial of those accused of staging a 2016 terrorist attack on Kerak Castle, a popular tourist destination, State Security Court, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 13, 2018.

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli land seizures for Jewish settlements, Ras Karkar, near Ramallah, occupied West Bank, Nov. 9, 2018. 

An octopus is seen in a display tank at the aquarium in Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, Nov. 7, 2018.

Men wearing traditional costumes ride horses as they attend a wedding in Junzur, west of Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 30, 2018.

Students walk to classes at their teacher's house, which has been turned into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students, in Taiz, Yemen, Oct. 18, 2018. 

Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk to the holy city of Kerbala ahead of the holy Shiite ritual of Arbaeen, Najaf, Iraq, Oct. 29, 2018.

The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel, seen in a long exposure photo taken from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, Oct. 27, 2018.

A demonstrator wearing a mask of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a protest outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25, 2018.

The Saladin Citadel is seen through a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A disabled Palestinian uses a slingshot during a protest calling for the lifting of the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the Palestinians be given the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence, Gaza, Oct. 19, 2018. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) sit inside an Aurus limousine in the presidential motorcade at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Oct. 17, 2018. 

A relative of Palestinian gunman Naji al-Zaneen, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, reacts during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 17, 2018.

A Turkish forensic expert is seen as he works inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 15, 2018. 

A woman stands next to an inflatable, depicting US President Donald Trump as a tank, outside an exhibition by the artist Saint Hoax in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 12, 2018. 

A man holds a blank edition of an-Nahar newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 11, 2018. The edition was left blank to protest Lebanese politicians' continued failure to form a government five months after elections. 

Druze people look over the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria as they take part in a rally in Majdal Shams, Israeli occupied Golan Heights, Oct. 6, 2018. 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants participate in a military parade in Gaza City, Gaza, Oct. 4, 2018. 

Iraq's outgoing President Fuad Masum (R) shakes hands with the newly elected Barham Salih at the end of a handover ceremony at Salam Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2018. 

People gather around a reproduction of Carl Fredrik Reutersward's sculpture "Non-Violence" during its unveiling ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2018. 

Visitors get their photos taken in the Ames Room at the Museum of Illusions in Dubai, UAE, Sept. 30, 2018. 

A picture of 12-year-old Palestinian boy Nassir al-Mosabeh, who was killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, is seen on his desk at school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sept. 30, 2018.

Smoke rises from the construction site of the headquarters of the National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Sept. 27, 2018. 

Visitors take a closer look at the world's most expensive shoes, a diamond encrusted pair said to be worth $17 million, at the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, UAE, Sept. 26, 2018.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, seen through a camera eyepiece, addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 25, 2018. 

Women gather during a funeral for victims of an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, Ahvaz, Iran, Sept. 24, 2018.