Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L), Spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria Hikmat al-Hijri (C), SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (R). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Young Kurdish men line up to sign up to join Syrian government's General Security forces at a police station in Afrin, Syria, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Children sit in the bed of a truck in front of a house, the site of a reported operation by the US-led coalition, in the town of Atme in northwestern Syria on Aug. 20, 2025. (AFP)
Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with a delegation of US Congress members, in the presence of Syrian government officials, in Damascus, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo: SANA)
An aerial picture shows members of Syria's White Helmets civil defence service clearing vehicle carcasses and rubble from a street in Aleppo on Dec. 5, 2024. (AFP)