A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds up the group's flag at the iconic Al-Naim square in Raqqa, Syria, during the celebration of Raqqa's liberation, Oct. 17, 2017. (Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images).
A member of the US-led coalition against ISIS walks past a military drone parked at Ain Al-Asad airbase in Iraq's western Anbar province, Jan. 13, 2020. (Photo: Ayman Henna/AFP)
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters hold a Turkish national flag and a Free Syrian Army flag at a checkpoint in Azaz on a road leading to Afrin (Photo: AFP)
A Kurdish security officer shows weapons confiscated from the PKK by security forces. (Photo: Screenshot/ Facebook video Kurdistan Region Security Council).
Peshmerga Brigadier General Nabaz Salah in a meeting with US Colonel Patrick Douglas and UK Defence Adviser David McKinley (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga/Twitter).
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)
Mohammed Shah Marwan, the deputy head of the PUK’s party headquarters in Raparin and a prominent former official of the PUK’s Zanyari (Intelligence) agency. (Photo: Social Media/Facebook)
