A man carries a Turkish national flag as Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather along the frontlines opposite Kurdish forces near the town of Dadat north of Manbij in Syria's northern Aleppo province, on July 5, 2022. - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month renewed threats of a military offensive in northern Syria, which he said would target Kurdish "terrorists". (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)