US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 20, 2026. (AFP)
Pills of captagon are pictured after their burning to be disposed of upon their discovery at Mazzeh Military Airport in the west of Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024. (AFP)
Syrian refugee Ahmed al-Kassem and his family load a truck with their belongings from Türkiye, on the their way back to the family's home in Syria, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP)
A girl gestures at al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on Apr. 18, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region (R), during his meeting Syrian FM Asaad Shaibani, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (L). (Photo: Abdi's X)
Iraqi security forces lead suspected Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP)
