A nurse treats a young boy who was injured when clashes broke out between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP)
Damascus government factions stand guard as residents leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP)
Yemenis who support the UAE-backed STC hold an image of the STC leader Aidaros Alzubidi as they wave the old South Yemen flag in Aden, Dec. 14, 2025. (AFP)
One of the Syrian government's heavy artillery pieces shelling Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, and in the background a map highlighting the contested Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)