Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 11, 2010. (Photo: AP/Bassem Tellawi, File)
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)