Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand on a roof next to their flag in the village of Baghouz, Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, March 24, 2019 (Delil Soleiman/AFP).
A US Special Forces Soldier walks through a windy desert from meeting with locals in Syria, March 2018. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Christopher Brown/US 5th Special Forces Public Affairs Office)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press briefing at the end of a NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels, March 24, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Midya Masti (left) stands at the parade square of Sandhurst along with two other female cadets graduating from the elite military academy, March 20, 2021. (Photo: British Army)
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) watch as smoke plumes billow after shelling on the Islamic State (IS) group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province, March 13, 2019. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Heavy fighting between the SDF and Turkey-backed fighters continued near the Syrian city of Ain Issa on March 19-21, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Farman/Twitter)