Opposition fighters sit at a restaurant at the Al-Hamidiyeh market inside the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian citizens celebrate during the third day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

An aerial view shows a column of black smoke in the background, allegedly caused by an Israeli airstrike, as seen from Umayyad square in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. HTS is the largest rebel faction within the opposition that toppled Bashar Assad's regime last Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man holds the revolutionary flag as others celebrating during the third day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian opposition fighter, left, stands guard as Syrian citizens stand on a government forces tank, that was left on a street, during the third day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Three women wait outside the morgue to identify missing relatives or friends at the Al-Mujtahidh hospital in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Pedestrians casually walk over an image of former Syrian President Bashar Assad on a sidewalk in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)