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A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government looks on as members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government looks on as members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A member of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, talks to members of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government as he takes part in an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A member of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, talks to members of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government as he takes part in an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Members of Bashar Assad's army, or pro-government militia, line up to register with the newly formed Syrian government as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Members of Bashar Assad's army, or pro-government militia, line up to register with the newly formed Syrian government as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Boys warm up next to a fire on a cold day in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Boys warm up next to a fire on a cold day in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Wafaa Nasrallah poses for a portrait with her 4-year-old son Ameer and her 2-year-old daughter Ayloul at her tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Wafaa Nasrallah poses for a portrait with her 4-year-old son Ameer and her 2-year-old daughter Ayloul at her tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A girl searches for cardboard in the trash to make a fire, near a tent camp for displaced Palestinians by the sea in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.

A girl searches for cardboard in the trash to make a fire, near a tent camp for displaced Palestinians by the sea in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.

People attend the funeral of 1st Sgt. Yuval Shoham, who was killed in a combat in the Gaza Strip, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People attend the funeral of 1st Sgt. Yuval Shoham, who was killed in a combat in the Gaza Strip, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Members of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stand in front of a damaged weapons and military infrastructure, following an explosion on Sunday, that the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said was an Israeli airstrike that targeted a weapons depot belonging to Assad's forces, in Adra, in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Members of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stand in front of a damaged weapons and military infrastructure, following an explosion on Sunday, that the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said was an Israeli airstrike that targeted a weapons depot belonging to Assad's forces, in Adra, in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

People walk along the beach next to a tent refugee camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec .30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

People walk along the beach next to a tent refugee camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec .30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)