Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defense of Turkey arriving in Moscow, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey)
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants. (Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/ AP)
A joint military exercise between forces of the US-led coalition against the IS group and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province (Photo: AFP)
Refugees from Syria arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey, Sept. 7, 2015. (Photo: Angelos Tzortinis/AFP)