Kurdish forces patrol al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group in Hasakeh province, Syria, on April 19, 2023. (Photo: AP)
A Syrian flag flies as people walk across the Hafez al-Assad bridge across the Barada river in the centre of Damascus on April 14, 2024. — (Photo: AFP)
Emergency and security personnel inspect the rubble at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Emergency and security personnel inspect the rubble at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. (Photo: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
Rescuers check the wreckage of a car at the scene of a bomb explosion in the norther Syrian city of Azaz, early on March 31, 2024. (Photo: BAKR ALKASEM / AFP)
This aerial view shows Ahmad al-Hakim (L) praying as he sits by the tomb of his brother Abdul Qader, who was reportedly killed in torture while in captivity by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). (Photo: OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP)