An aerial view taken from a rescue helicopter, of migrants onboard a fishing vessel in the waters off the Peloponnese coast of Greece on June 13, 2023. (Photo: The Hellenic Coastguard/ AFP)
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next to an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
Kurdistan Region Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Shorish Ismael (right), during his meeting with Turkish Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo: KRG Department of Foreign Relations)
General Issa Ozer, the Peshmerga Ministry’s Chief of Staff (right), during his meeting with Colonel Mike Gachero, senior military advisor at the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Feb. 5, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Released Syrian detainees prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected ISIS fighters in Syria's northeastern Hasakah governorate on September 3, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP).
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next to an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
Turkish soldiers during celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular Turkish Republic, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 29, 2023 (Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP)
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