People stand next to propane cylinders as they wait in line to buy gas on a street at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

People stand next to cylinders as they wait in line to buy gas on a street at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Members of the HTS rebel group that overthrew the Assad regime pose for a portrait in the ancient town of old Damascus, in Syria, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Portraits of missing people whose families say they were taken by the Assad regime are plastered across a monument in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Commuters ride on a transportation van in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A boy prepares peanuts on his bicycle to sale on the street in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)