Members of Syria's security forces stand guard next to their vehicles in the capital Damascus on Apr. 29, 2025, following overnight sectarian clashes. (Photo: AFP)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir (M) with commander of the Israeli military’s Northern Command, Major General Ori Gordin (R) in southern Syria, Apr. 20, 2025. (Photo: Avichay Adraee/ X)
Suleiman Khalil, 21, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives with his friends in a field, walks outside his home in Idlib, Syria, April 9, 2025. (Photo: AP)
A portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin hangs above as Russian military trucks enter the Russian-leased Syrian military base of Hmeimim in Latakia province in western Syria on December 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
A picture taken during a tour organised by Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) shows monitoring points along the Iraqi-Syrian border on December 5, 2024. (Photo: AFP)