Political Transition
An employee piles up stacks of Syrian lira banknotes at the Commercial Bank of Syria in Damascus, on Nov. 10, 2022. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani), head of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). (Photo: AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Photo designed by Kurdistan24)
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow. (Photo: Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
Iraq Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
(Photo deigned by Kurdistan24)
The freed Syrian prisoner speaking with Kurdistan24 correspondent in Damascus. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Syrian opposition fighters sit in front of the Iranian Embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen meeting with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammed al-Jolani). (Photo: AFP/Syrian Interim Government)
The ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad. (Photo: Archive)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. (Photo: AFP)
Maxar Technologies image shows an overview of the northern section the Russian Hmeimim Air Base in Syria's western province of Latakia. (Photo: AFP)
This satellite picture provided by Planet Labs PBC and dated Dec. 3, 2024, shows the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria's Latakia governorate. (Photo: AFP)
People shop on a market street in Qamishli on Dec. 11, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
A broken statue of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad lies outside the Baath party offices in Damascus, on December 12, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
This aerial view shows traffic at Damascus' central Umayyad Square at sunset on Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo: Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)