Turkish-backed Syrian fighters of the Sultan Murad brigade are pictured during a military show in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province on Nov. 17, 2020 (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP).
A US armored military vehicle patrols oil fields in the town of Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province, May 8, 2020. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations addresses Security Council, Mar. 24, 2022 (Photo: Syrian Permanent Mission to the UN/Youtube screengrab)
Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, left, receives his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, center, upon his arrival at the airport in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Photo: Omar Sanadiki/AP)