FILE - Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa attends a press conference after meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Germany, on March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

The head of Syria's electoral committee, Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Emergency workers on the street after a fire broke out in an apartment block in Linkeroever, Belgium, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Rescue workers wait by a tent to receive injured after an apartment block fire in Linkeroever, Belgium, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A person is evacuated from an upper floor after an apartment block fire in Linkeroever, Belgium, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Rescue workers look for victims on upper floors after an apartment block fire in Linkeroever, Belgium, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

People react at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

People look at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)