FILE - Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council, waves to supporters upon his arrival to attend a military-backed rally, in Omdurman district, west of Khartoum, Sudan, on June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - A Yemeni police officer stops supporters of the Yemeni government from reaching a vehicle set on fire by anti-government demonstrators during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)
FILE - An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
FILE - Anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 28, 2011, to challenge President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
FILE - Libyans celebrate the official liberation of Libya after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, at Saha Kish Square in Benghazi, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
FILE - A Libyan rebel urges people to leave as shelling from Gadhafi's forces starts landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Sirte, central Libya, on March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
FILE - South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
FILE - A Syrian fighter holds a gun with a flower placed in the barrel, as people gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
FILE - Yemeni riot police charge towards anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)
FILE - Effigies of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hang from traffic lights as Egyptian anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir (Liberation) Square, to watch U.S. President Barack Obama, not seen, live on a TV broadcast from Washington, speaking about the situation in Egypt, early Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
FILE - Tunisians celebrate the exit polls indicating a vote in favor of the new Constitution, in Tunis, on July 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi, File)
FILE - Demonstrators chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)