A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with US envoy to northeast Syria, Nicholas Granger in Erbil, Oct. 5, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with US top envoy to northeast Syria, Nikolas Granger in Erbil, Oct. 5, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
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 US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Members of the media take photos of a Dutch woman with alleged links to ISIS and her children as they arrive arrive at an office of the local Kurdish-led administration in Qamishlo, Syria, June 5, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Hisham Arafat)
A number of students and their families protested the decision to ban the Syrian government curriculum in northern Syria (Photo submitted to Kurdistan 24).