A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government checks the ID of a driver at a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Children on the top of an ousted Syrian government forces tank that was left on a street in an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Boys play soccer on a street in an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A woman walks on a street in an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A women looks at second hand clothes displayed on a street for sale near an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stands on guard at a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A damaged image depicting the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, is seen on a window of the Police headquarters in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stands on guard at a security checkpoint, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A man sits with a child next to a damaged image depicting the ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the entrance of the Police headquarters, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government patrols an area near to a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Syrian boy stands under a giant portrait of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad painted over with the colors of the "revolutionary" flag, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man looks at fruits and vegetables displayed for sale in front of an ousted Syrian government forces tank that was left on a street in an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A young woman poses for a picture with a Christmas decoration on a square in a Christian neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

An elderly man transports a plastic bag with bread as he rides his bicycle on a street in an Alawite neighbourhood, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)