Released detainees prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate on September 3, 2023 (Photo: Delil souleiman/AFP)
A US soldier stands by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)
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 volunteer caretaker watches orphaned children reportedly linked with foreign fighters of the Islamic State (IS) group, play at a camp in the northern Syrian village of Ain Issa, on sept 26, 2019. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
SDF and the US-led coalition troops practise using heavy weapons in north-eastern Syria, where fears are mounting of further attacks by Turkey. (Photo: AFP)
Ahmad Abu Khawla - speaks during a press conference in the northeastern Syrian village of Abu Fas, on the southern outskirts of Hasakah province, on Sept. 9, 2017 (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
