FILE - Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Syrian fighters detain men suspected of looting at a residential complex of former Bashar Assad's military officers at the village of Husseiniyeh, in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)

FILE - Opposition fighters celebrate the takeover of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - A Syrian woman with a scarf in colors of the Syrian opposition flag takes a selfie with her friends as they celebrate in a restaurant in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - Members from Bashar Assad's Syrian army period line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of a "identification and reconciliation process" at a army compound in Latakia, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - The setting sun casts a warm glow through the windows of the infamous Saydnaya military prison in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - People are dispersed by Syrian fighters during looting at a residential complex of former Bashar Assad's military officers at the village of Husseiniyeh, in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)