Syrians gather at the Umayyad mosque to attend first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrians celebrate during a demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a building lie in the morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian girl carries food that was distributed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

US State Department Sikorsky HH-60L Black Hawk helicopters escort Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they fly over Baghdad towards the US embassy headquarters on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

An Israeli soldier stands on the top of an armoured vehicle before crossing the security fence, moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Palestinian children queue for food in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Syrian members of the rebel group celebrate during a demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows heavy transport aircraft preparing to load equipment at the Russian Hemeimeem airbase in Latakia, Syria on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a building are checked in the morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Syrians gather during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrians celebrate during a demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Palestinian child injured in an Israeli strike on a building arrives at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

An Israeli soldier stands next to armoured vehicle before crossing the security fence, moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A boy holds a "revolutionary" Syrian flag as he poses for a picture with a Syrian fighter during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Syrian village stands on the buffer zone situated between the so-called Alpha and Bravo Lines which separates Syria and Israel, photographed from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Syrians gather outside the Umayyad mosque to attend first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Israeli armoured vehicles cross the security fence moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Fireworks explode over Umayyad square as celebrations continued into the night following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)