Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016 (Photo: AFP/JOSEPH EID/Getty Images)
A United States soldier looks on while an AH-64 Apache assault helicopter flies above during a patrol by the Suwaydiyah oil fields in Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Feb. 13, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
US Air Force aircrew, maintenance, weapons, and fuels Airmen conduct an integrated combat turn for an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, Oct. 13, 2023 (Photo: US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Yendi Bo
A female member of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stands guard during a demonstration condemning Turkish strikes on Kurdish areas Turkey in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Dec. 6, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
US army soldiers stand near an armoured military vehicle in Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, March 27, 2023. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
