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)
The head of Cane Roj organization Rashid Ali Can called on Baghdad to release dozens of arrested Syrian Kurds (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24)
Survivors of a shipwreck react outside a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150miles) southwest of Athens, June 15, 2023. (Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis/ AP)
An aerial view taken from a rescue helicopter, of migrants onboard a fishing vessel in the waters off the Peloponnese coast of Greece on June 13, 2023. (Photo: The Hellenic Coastguard/ AFP)
People mourn over the bodies of a Kurdish family killed by Turkish-backed fighters amid Nowruz celebrations in Jindayris in the rebel-held province of Aleppo. (Photo: Omar Haj Kadour/ AFP)
Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defense of Turkey arriving in Moscow, Dec. 28, 2022. (Photo: The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, Sept. 29, 2021. (Photo: AFP/ Vladimir Smirnov)
People inspect a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo: AP /Baderkhan Ahmad)
Syrian-Kurdish demonstrators raise pictures of people killed during conflict, as they protest against Turkey's threats against their region, in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, on November 27, 2022. (Photo: AFP/Del
Syrian Kurds attend a funeral of people killed in Turkish airstrikes in the village of Al Malikiyah , northern Syria, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (Photo: AP /Baderkhan Ahmad)
KDP President Masoud Barzani (left) during his meeting with the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC) in Salahadin on June 18, 2022 (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)