A charred military vehicle belonging to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) is left on the side of the road in Luvungi on Dec. 13, 2025. (AFP)
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)
A customer buys a desert truffle from a merchant in a market in Syria's rebel-held northern city of Raqa on March 14, 2023. (Photo: Delil souleiman/AFP)
June 15, 2015, Iraqi security forces defend their positions against an Islamic State group attack in Husaybah, 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of Ramadi, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next to an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/ AP)
