A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir Ezzor province on Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/ AFP)
Syrian Arab fighters are positioned on the Mahsali and Arab Hasan frontline, on the Turkish-held outskirts of Manbij in northeastern Syria, as they fight with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo; Rami al Sa
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) watch as smoke plumes billow after shelling on the Islamic State (IS) group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province, March 13, 2019. (Photo: Delil Souleiman / AFP)