Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir ez-Zor province on September 4, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleman/AFP)
Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir ez-Zor province on Sept. 4, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleman/AFP)
A US armored military vehicle patrols oil fields in the town of Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria's Hasakah province, May 8, 2020. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
Kurdish Asayish fighters, part of the US-backed SDF, take control of parts of Tay neighborhood from the pro-Syrian regime NDF militia in the city of Qamishlo, April 21, 2021. (Photo: Hogir Abdo)