A protester attends a demonstration asking the international community and the EU to protect the Kurds in Syria, in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels, on December 11, 2024. The Kurdish-led force controlling northeast Syria said on December 11, 2024 it had reached a US-brokered ceasefire with Turkish-backed fighters in Manbij, after Islamist-led rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)