Film Review Film, TV & Music Culture Live Story Birds of War: Revolution, ruins, and romance across two nations
![Government forces took control of the Aqtan prison in Raqqa from the SDF [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_330x185/public/2026-01/GettyImages-2257792310.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=vm_wsYod)
![SDF fighters began withdrawing from the Al-Atqan prison [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2026-01/GettyImages-2257061292%20%281%29.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=MSWzJsCz)
![Al-Hol [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2210185476.jpeg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=1PCQh-QX)
![The Syrian army has captured huge swathes of territory from the SDF in Raqqa province [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2026-01/GettyImages-2256197679.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=fd1a3Zdw)
![SDF forces are forcibly conscripting young men in areas they control [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2025-10/GettyImages-1132636765.jpg?h=551ff741&itok=PcHxiN2P)
![Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to pray and celebrate the fall of the regime [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2024-12/GettyImages-2189020542.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=JvBh61z-)
