Mourners attend the funeral of five fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who were killed in Manbij during clashes with Turkish-backed opposition factions earlier this week, in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on December 14, 2024. Kurdish authorities have made overtures to Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Syria on December 8, but the long-oppressed community fears it could lose hard-won gains it made during the war, including limited self-rule. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)