A Black Hawk helicopter lands next to an Apache attack helicopter at a U.S. military base at undisclosed location in Eastern Syria, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 (Photo: AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, Sept. 29, 2021. (Photo: AFP/ Vladimir Smirnov)
A fighter of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army take part in a military parade in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate on June 9, 2022. (Photo: AP/Anas Alkharboutli)
US envoy to northeast Syria Nikolas Granger speaks during a virtual press briefing, attended by Kurdistan 24, Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo: Screengrab/Zoom meeting)
People inspect a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo: AP /Baderkhan Ahmad)
Syrian refugees walk through a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village of Kafr Aruq, in Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a news conference in Hassakeh, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (Photo: AP / Baderkhan Ahmad)