The Internal Security Forces (Asayish) Directorate building in Kobani city, Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria), on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo: Syrian Ministry of Interior)
Ilham Ahmed (right), co-president of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, speaking at the presser, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. Special Envoy to Syria (L), and Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (R), (Photo: Syrian Foreign Ministry)
Women with a child, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, are seen inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Jan. 21, 2026. (AFP)