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FILE.- Syrian Baath Party supporters chant slogans, as they carry Syrian flags and portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad in support of Assad in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday March 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein,File)

FILE.- Syrian Baath Party supporters chant slogans, as they carry Syrian flags and portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad in support of Assad in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday March 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein,File)

FILE.- Pro-Syrian government demonstrators hold a rally at Sabe Bahrat Square to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the Ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi,File)

FILE.- Pro-Syrian government demonstrators hold a rally at Sabe Bahrat Square to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the Ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi,File)

FILE PHOTO.- A Syrian woman shows her ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman,File)

FILE PHOTO.- A Syrian woman shows her ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman,File)

FILE.- A cover showing ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen on a desk at the Baath party headquarter, as former army soldiers, background, wait to register their names with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A cover showing ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen on a desk at the Baath party headquarter, as former army soldiers, background, wait to register their names with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A torn posters shows the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, that were set at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A torn posters shows the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, that were set at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A Syrian fighter from rebel group, fires towards a poster at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, which pictures the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ouster Syrian president Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A Syrian fighter from rebel group, fires towards a poster at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, which pictures the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ouster Syrian president Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A Syrian fighter, left, stands guard as members of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad's army step on his portrait as a sign of disdain, lining up before they register their names with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A Syrian fighter, left, stands guard as members of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad's army step on his portrait as a sign of disdain, lining up before they register their names with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

FILE.- A man shows old pictures of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad as people search for belongings in the ransacked private residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed,File)

FILE.- A man shows old pictures of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad as people search for belongings in the ransacked private residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed,File)