A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds up the group’s flag at the iconic Al-Naim square in Raqqa, Syria, during the celebration of Raqqa’s liberation, Oct. 17, 2017. (Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images).
Syrian Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria handed over Swiss girls from an ISIS family to a Swiss delegation on Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo: Abdul Karim Omar / Twitter)
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels looting shops after seizing control in 2018 of Afrin, the Kurdish enclave in northwest Syria. (Photo: Bulent Kilic / AFP).
A Syrian woman carries a container of water provided by the UNICEF in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah, on July 8 2021, after disruption in water supply from the Allouk station. (Photo: AFP)
A Syrian woman carries a container of water provided by the UNICEF in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah, on July 8 2021, after disruption in water supply from the Allouk station. (AFP photo)