Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Photo: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via AP)
A member of the Manbij Military Council (MMC) provides security outside local businesses during Eid al-Adha in Manbij, Syria, Aug. 21, 2018. (Photo: Sgt. Nicole Paese/US Army)
Fourteen Peshmerga of the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Ministry of Peshmerga on Thursday completed a Humvee driving course (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga).
Iraqi forces search the area in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of Baghdad, following clashes with Islamic State group fighters, February 20, 2021 (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gathering next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters and their families from the town of Dumayr, Syria, April 19, 2018. (Photo: SANA via AP)
Deputy Director of the US-led coalition's Military Advisor Group North Col. Todd Burroughs during a past interview with Kurdistan 24 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
The 1st Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of Ministry of Peshmerga launched a clearance operation in Garmiyan region on Mar. 6, 2022 (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga/Twitter)
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters of the Sultan Murad brigade are pictured during a military show in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province on Nov. 17, 2020 (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP).