Raqqa
Raqqa city. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
Family members of detainees in Al-Aqtan prison on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa wait outside the facility, Jan. 21, 2026. (AFP)
SDF forces withdraw from Aqtan prison on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Raqa, bound for Kobani, on January 23, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Men accused of being ISIS fighters are held in a cell at the Gwiran Prison in Hassakeh, Syria, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP)
Syrian Arab Army forces cross the bridge between the eastern and western banks of the Euphrates River, Deir Ezzor, Syria on Jan. 19, 2026. (AFP)
Syrian Arab Army soldiers drive through the streets the northern city of Raqqa, Jan. 18, 2026. (AFP)
A Syrian army tank that was destroyed by SDF forces near Tishreen Dam. (Photo: Screen Shot from a circulated video)
A Syrian army personnel stands guard along a street in Tabqa, in Raqa province, Jan. 18, 2026. (AFP)
A Syrian Arab Army tank moves along a road outside the town of Deir Hafer on Jan. 17, 2026. (AFP)
A banner of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is flown in northeastern Syria (Photo: AFP)
A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) (L), and a fighter from the Syrian government public security forces (R). (Photo: Social Media)
Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler. (Photo designed by Kurdistan24)
This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)