(L-R), Feryal Clark, the UK Labour Member of Parliament, Former U.S. Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Barham Salih, Head of UNHCR). (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
A still from video footage showing Syrian security forces releasing juvenile detainees linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) from al-Aqtan Prison in Raqqa, Jan. 24, 2026. (Video: Local Syrian Media)
Syrian government forces load rocket which will be launched towards Kurdish forces near Dibsi Faraj in the northern Syrian Tabqa area, Raqa province, Jan. 17, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Tom Barrack, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to Syria and the U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye, Pirmam, Erbil, Jan. 17, 2025. (KRG)
President Masoud Barzani, L, Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to Syria, in Pirmam, Erbil, Jan. 17, 2026. (Kurdistan24)