Turkish Chief of General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu (L) and Libyan Chief of General Staff General Muhammad Ali Al-Haddad (C) saluting during an official ceremony in Ankara, Dec. 23, 2025. (AFP)
Lieutenant General Issa Ozer, Chief of Staff of the KRG's Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs (right) shaking hands with General Luciano Portolano, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, Dec. 23, 2025. (Photo: KRG)
The logos of the SDF (R) and the Syrian Interim Government (left) frame a map highlighting the contested Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses French troops during a ceremony at the 5th Cuirassier Regiment's base in Zayed Military City, near Abu Dhabi, on December 21, 2025.