Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, shakes hands with Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Samir Sharifov before a meeting at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Members of Syria's security forces deploy in the town of Sahnaya, south of Damascus, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, after earlier clashes with Druze fighters left at least 11 people dead. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
A nun signs a book of condolences on the passing of Pope Francis, at the Vatican embassy in Harissa east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Worshippers gather for Easter Mass inside the ruins of St. George Melkite Catholic Church, damaged by Israeli airstrike, in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
A Syriac Orthodox scout band marches through the Old City of Damascus during Easter celebrations, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Christians walk holding palm branches on the eve of Palm Sunday holiday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Roman Catholic clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Palestinian Ahmed Manasra, center, who took part in an attack in 2015 when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison, is released in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
A student shouts slogans against Israel's military operations in Gaza, during a protest outside the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
A man walks through closed shops during a general strike to protest the war in Gaza, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, right, meets with U.S. deputy special envoy for Middle East peace Morgan Ortagus at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Dalati Nohra/Government of Lebanon via AP)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
A woman prays next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the fourth Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, arrives at the government palace to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
Palestinian women take a photo next to the the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)(AP VIA IMAGES PLUS AGENCY)
