QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic turning point for the country.
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Men accused of being ISIS fighters are held in a cell at the Syrian Democratic Forces-run Gwiran Prison in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Women comfort a relative of Ibrahim al-Hamad, who was killed by a Turkish-backed militia, during the funeral of four Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in northeastern the village of Daoudiya, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.
Images of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group, are prominently displayed in shops, adorning walls, and visible on military patches worn by some SDF fighters. A child plays in the ruins of the Virgin Mary Church, which was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2015, in the northeastern Syrian village of Tel Nasri, which is currently controlled by the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
Men attend prayers in the al-Hol detention camp in northeastern Syria’s Hasakeh province, where tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group have been living for years, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces talks to Chinese muslim women inside the al-Hol detention camp in northeastern Syria’s Hassakeh province, where tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group have been living for years, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
Women attend a rally to mark the 2019 killing of Kurdish politician Hevreen Khalaf by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. A picture of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is displayed inside a shop in the northern Syrian city of Qamishli that is controlled by the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.
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