U.S. Central Command commander General Michael Eric Kurilla visited Syria and Iraq after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
Head of Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) 'Salvation Government' in their northwest Syria bastion Mohammed Bashir, holds a press conference in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, Nov. 28, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during meeting with Bahrain's National Security Advisor and Commander of the Royal Guard, Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
A man walks past a portrait of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad displayed at the main entrance of a building in the capital Damascus on Dec. 9. (Photo: AFP)
This photograph taken in Moscow on December 9, 2024, shows front pages of some of Russia's national newspapers, dominated by stories about the fall of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)
Oct. 14, 2019 photo, Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters fire a heavy machine-gun towards Kurdish fighters, in Syria's northern region of Manbij. (Photo: AP)
Japanese director Kenji Kamiyama poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the World premiere of the animated film "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim". (Photo: AFP)
Members of the Syrian community and supporters wave the opposition flag bearing the word "Freedom" as they gather to celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Paris on Dec. 8, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
