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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, local civilians are seen welcoming Syrian Army soldiers following their deployment across dozens of villages in northeast Syria. The troops moved into the area after the withdrawal of Kurdish SDF forces. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, local civilians are seen welcoming Syrian Army soldiers following their deployment across dozens of villages in northeast Syria. The troops moved into the area after the withdrawal of Kurdish SDF forces. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Welcome Syrian Army After SDF Withdraw - Syria

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, local civilians are seen welcoming Syrian Army soldiers following their deployment across dozens of villages in northeast Syria. The troops moved into the area after the withdrawal of Kurdish SDF forces. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukraine Fires UK Cruise Missiles At Russia For First Time

Handout photo dated Ausut 21 , 2016 shows a Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the French air force takes off for an air strike on a Daesh facility, in Raqqa, Syria. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by ECPAD/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles

Handout photo dated Ausut 21 , 2016 shows a Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the French air force takes off for an air strike on a Daesh facility, in Raqqa, Syria. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Photo by ECPAD/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Woman waits for cab near bus terminal in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A woman waits for a taxi near a bus terminal in Damascus on Sept. 28, 2014. Islamic State militants have sought shelter in residential areas in Raqqa from U.S.-led airstrikes, according to people fleeing from the northern Syrian city to the capital.

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Islamic radicals seeking shelter in Syrian residential areas

DAMASCUS, Syria - People wait for a bus from Raqqa, a northern Syrian city controlled by Islamic State militants, at a bus terminal in Damascus on Sept. 28, 2014. Many members of the Islamic State group have sought shelter in residential areas in Raqqa from U.S.-led airstrikes, according to people fleeing from the city to the capital.

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Shopping street in Syria's Raqqa controlled by Islamic radicals

Photo taken in March 2015 shows a shopping street in Raqqa, a northern Syrian town that the Islamic State extremist group claims to be its "capital." The group has banned the viewing of satellite TV broadcasts, and residents call the move an information control attempt designed to maintain its grip on power in parts of Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman waits for cab near bus terminal in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A woman waits for a taxi near a bus terminal in Damascus on Sept. 28, 2014. Islamic State militants have sought shelter in residential areas in Raqqa from U.S.-led airstrikes, according to people fleeing from the northern Syrian city to the capital. (Kyodo)

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2018, shows armored vehicles on the outskirts of Raqqa, northern Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn Raqqa

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2018, shows children in Raqqa, northern Syria, following the recapture of the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State militant group by U.S.-backed forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2018, shows Kurdish fighters walking in Raqqa, northern Syria, following the recapture of the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State militant group by U.S.-backed forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Feb. 15, 2018 shows a Kurdish-led force member explaining about car bombs produced by the Islamic States in its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Feb. 15, 2018 shows Kurdish-led forces explaining how Islamic State fighters executed and tortured people in their self-proclaimed capital before U.S.-backed Syrian forces, mainly composed of Kurds and Arabs, declared the city's liberation in October 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Feb. 16, 2018 shows a motorcyclist carrying a passenger passing beside buildings that had been devastated in a battle between U.S.-backed forces and the Islamic State for Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the extremists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Feb. 16, 2018 shows buildings devastated in a battle between U.S.-backed forces and the Islamic State for Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the extremists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Children pose beside a cylindrical booby trap bomb seen in this photo taken in Raqqa on Feb. 16, 2018, which had been left on the ground of the northern Syrian city after Islamic State fighters left the self-proclaimed capital following its battle against U.S.-backed forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-torn city Raqqa

Photo taken in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Feb. 16, 2018 shows children collecting metallic materials from the debris of the buildings devastated in a battle between U.S.-backed forces and the Islamic State for Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the extremists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kurdish soldiers in Syrian city of Raqqa

Kurdish female soldiers walk on a street in Raqqa, northern Syria, on Aug. 11, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo