A snowplow clears a blocked mountain road in the Bahcesaray district of Van, Turkey, Jan. 21, 2020. 

An Iraqi demonstrator gestures during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 20, 2020. 

A demonstrator holds a Jordanian national flag during a protest against a governmental agreement to import Israeli natural gas, Amman, Jordan, Jan. 17, 2020. 

Iraqi women let off colored smoke during the Festival of Colors in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2020. 

A protestor jumps over a burning barricade during a protest over economic hardship and a lack of a new government, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 14, 2020. 

US soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020. 

The Orlen X-Raid Team seen during stage 8 of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 13, 2020. 

A policeman is seen at West Qurna-1 oil field, operated by ExxonMobil, in Basra, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2020. 

As heavy rainfalls hit Israel, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men hold umbrellas and look at the Mediterranean Sea, Ashdod, Israel, Jan. 9, 2020. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad visit an Orthodox Christian cathedral in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2020. 

US Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk toward an awaiting aircraft prior to departing for the Middle East from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jan. 5, 2020. 

People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a Baghdad airport airstrike, Ahvaz, Iran, Jan. 5, 2020.

A man holds a picture of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Major General Qasem Soleimani (L) with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) during a demonstration against Soleimani’s killing in a US airstrike, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. 

A Palestinian man rides a horse on a beach at sunset, Gaza City, Gaza, Dec. 31, 2019. 

PMU fighters set fire to the wall of the US Embassy in protest at airstrikes on their bases, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2019. 

Palestinian women make Christmas toys in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2019. 

A Christian Palestinian couple travelling to Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations pass through the Israeli Erez border crossing, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 24, 2019. 

A girl dressed as Santa Claus gives a gift to a Palestinian boy, who lives on the other side of the Israeli barrier that separates Jerusalem from the West Bank, during an anti-Israel protest near Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 23, 2019. 

A boy displays his falcon near the Falcon Souq in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 19, 2019. 

A freediver dressed as Santa Claus poses underwater off the coast of Batroun, Lebanon, Dec. 19, 2019. 

A boy wearing a mask takes part in a protest against potential pollution from the Leviathan natural gas field as a court hearing on the matter is held, Jerusalem, Dec. 18, 2019. 

Worshippers light candles as they celebrate Saint Barbara's Day at the Church of Saint Barbara in the village of Aboud, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 16, 2019. 

The 15th century Er Rizk Mosque is transported from the ancient town of Hasankeyf, which will be significantly submerged by the creation of the Ilisu dam, to a new location, Hasankeyf, southeastern Turkey, Dec. 16, 2019. 

An Iraqi demonstrator carries molotov cocktails during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2019. 

Supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah and Amal groups clash with riot police as they head to the area where anti-government protests are taking place, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 12, 2019. 

Children walk through a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi, Idlib province, Syria, Dec. 11, 2019. 

A Palestinian woman holds her son’s hand outside their home on a rainy day in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 10, 2019. 

An Iraqi man takes part in a parkour practice near the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2019. 

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot during an anti-Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 6, 2019. 

Boxers Andy Ruiz Jr (L) and Anthony Joshua (R) pose with Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud ahead of their hugely anticipated rematch in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 4, 2019.

A member of the Iraqi security forces carries stones during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2019. 

People gather for an anti-government demonstration ahead of an upcoming presidential vote, Algiers, Algeria, Dec. 3, 2019. 

Palestinian bird and reptile breeder Fadl Nabhan poses with an eagle at his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Dec. 2, 2019.  

A broken window is seen in front of al-Hakim shrine during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2019. 

A demonstrator returns a tear gas canister during a protest, as Palestinians call for a day of rage over a US decision on Jewish settlements, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov. 26, 2019. 

A demonstrator throws a Molotov cocktail during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 25, 2019. 

The Al Fursan aerobatic team flies past a French frigate during a military ceremony at the French Naval Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 24, 2019. 

A young Bedouin man sits in the Siq at the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, Nov. 21, 2019. 

A boy fishes from a breakwater in Antelias, Lebanon, Nov. 20, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Boys take part in a demonstration to mark the World Children's Day outside the United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 20, 2019. 

People watch as Israeli heavy machinery demolishes a Palestinian house which had been under construction near Hebron, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov. 19, 2019. 

Demonstrators take part in the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2019. 

Iraqi soccer fans celebrate their national team beating Iran in a World Cup 2022 Qualifier match, Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2019. 

US President Donald Trump welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House, Washington, DC, Nov. 13, 2019. 

A girl wearing an Iraqi flag sits in front of a mural during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2019. 

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta, killed by an Israeli air strike on his home, during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza, Nov. 12, 2019. 

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 11, 2019.

Kurdish demonstrators hurl rocks at a Turkish military vehicle during a joint Turkish-Russian patrol near the town of al-Muabbadah, Syria, Nov. 8, 2019. 

A student carries a banner during ongoing anti-government protests near the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 7, 2019. 

Jordanian citizen Hiba Labadi gestures to the camera after her release from Israeli custody, King Hussein Bridge border crossing, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 6, 2019. 

People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Tell Abyad, Syria, Nov. 5, 2019. 

An Iranian student carries an effigy during an anti-US demonstration marking the 40th anniversary of the US embassy takeover, near the old US embassy in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 4, 2019. 

Members of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces perform military drills during the "Union Fortress 6" military parade in Al Hamra, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 1, 2019. 

Demonstrators and tuk-tuk drivers take part in anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2019. 

A man rides a motorcycle at dusk in Tal Abyad, Syria, Oct. 29, 2019. 

Police intervene after supporters of the Lebanese Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal fought with protesters at a roadblock in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 29, 2019. 

Demonstrators take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2019. 

Soldiers wear roses given to them by demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Oct. 24, 2019. 

A military vehicle transports a mock coffin for Major General Ali al-Lami, the late commander of the Iraqi Federal Police's Fourth Division, during a symbolic funeral ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2019. 

An Israel Antiquities Authority worker cleans a mosaic floor in the remains of a 1500-year-old church, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, Oct. 23, 2019. 

After withdrawing from northern Syria, a convoy of US vehicles is seen in Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2019. 

Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest in Tripoli, Lebanon, Oct. 20, 2019. 

Demonstrators stand close to a fire during protests over deteriorating economic conditions, Beirut, Lebanon. Oct. 18, 2019. 

Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al Ain, as seen from across the border in Ceylanpinar, Turkey, Oct. 16, 2019. 

Planes leave smoke trails in the colors of the Russian flag during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 15, 2019. 

Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters raise the Syrian opposition flag in the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, Oct. 14, 2019. 

People look out of an apartment building which was damaged by a rocket fired from Syria, in Nusaybin, Turkey, Oct. 10, 2019. 

A woman with a baby sits on the back of a truck as they flee Ras al Ain, Syria, Oct. 9, 2019. 

A Palestinian woman picks olives at a farm in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 8, 2019.

Boys play soccer in front of the Temple of Hercules at the Amman Citadel, an ancient Roman landmark in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 7, 2019. 

A laborer takes part in construction work on a new underground necropolis lined with 23,000 burial chambers, Givat Shaul Cemetery, Jerusalem, Oct. 6, 2019. 

A boy holds a placard as he takes part in a protest against what Israeli Arab citizens claim is police inaction over violent crimes in their towns, Majd al-Krum, northern Israel, Oct. 3, 2019. 

A demonstrator stands close to burning tires blocking a road during a protest over unemployment, corruption and poor public services, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 2, 2019. 

A demonstrator is seen through a fence during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Oct. 1, 2019. 

A woman walks her kids to school on the first day of a new term in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2019. 

Hot air balloons glide over the historical Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia, Turkey, Sept. 30, 2019.

Supporters of Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi shout slogans as they demonstrate after Friday prayers in Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 27, 2019. 

A boy carries a sack in Atme refugee camp, close to the Turkish border, Syria, Sept. 25, 2019. 

Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori (L) is seen with fellow International Space Station crew members Oleg Skripochka of Russia (C) and Jessica Meir of the US as they walk to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sept. 25, 2019.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall ahead of the Jewish New Year, Jerusalem's Old City, Sept. 24, 2019. 

Houthi supporters perform a traditional dance in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 22, 2019. 

A Palestinian man takes a quail from a net on a beach in the southern Gaza Strip, Sept. 19, 2019. 

Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab presents a drone, which he says belongs to Israel and was downed in Beirut's southern suburbs, during a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Yarze, Lebanon, Sept. 19, 2019. 

Palestinian fishermen repair their net at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, Sept. 16, 2019. 

Flames emerge from flare stacks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2019. 

Supporters of detained presidential candidate and Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui react to unofficial results of the Tunisian presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia, Sept. 15, 2019. 

Shattered windows are seen in a hotel following a blast at a military ammunition depot near the town of Kyrenia, nothern Cyprus, Sept. 12, 2019. 

Flame and smoke are seen during an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, Sept. 11, 2019. 

A boy holds a rifle as he attends a Houthi movement rally marking Ashura, Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 10, 2019. 

A journalist reacts to tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a Palestinian protest near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sept. 9, 2019. 

Pilgrims flagellate themselves ahead of Ashura, the holiest day of the Shiite Muslim calendar, in Kerbala, Iraq, Sept. 9, 2019. 

Bahraini Shiite people prepare traditional meals on burning palm branches as part of Ashura in the coastal village of Malkiya, northwest Bahrain, Sept. 6, 2019. 

A rescue team searches for victims in the rubble of a building hit by airstrikes, Dhamar province, Yemen, Sept. 4, 2019. 

Yemeni children attend class on the first day of the new academic year at a school that was damaged by an airstrike, Taez, Yemen, Sept. 3, 2019. 

A Palestinian man refines sesame to be sold at market, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sept. 1, 2019. 

Southern separatist fighters are pictured during clashes with government forces in Aden, Yemen, Aug. 29, 2019.

Workers dispose of sacks of reportedly expired wheat flour, provided by the World Food Program, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 28, 2019. 

A man rides a horse in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2019. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watch demonstration flights during the opening of the MAKS-2019 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, Russia, Aug. 27, 2019.

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policewoman over the Israeli demolition of a building, Beit Jala, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Aug. 26, 2019. 

An Israeli border policeman detains a demonstrator during a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, near Israel's Ofer Prison, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Aug. 22, 2019.