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A Syrian woman gives her documents to Turkish gendarmes while crossing into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

A Syrian woman gives her documents to Turkish gendarmes while crossing into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

People walk by a destroyed residential building in the Masaken Hanano district in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

People walk by a destroyed residential building in the Masaken Hanano district in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian Mahmut Cabuli, left, works in a textile workshop in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Syrian Mahmut Cabuli, left, works in a textile workshop in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Syrian Mahmut Cabuli works in a textile workshop in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Syrian Mahmut Cabuli works in a textile workshop in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Local residents fill plastic bags with bread they bought from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Local residents fill plastic bags with bread they bought from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

FILE - An officer checks the papers of a Syrian woman before she crosses into Syria from Turkey, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

FILE - An officer checks the papers of a Syrian woman before she crosses into Syria from Turkey, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

People gather to celebrate the Syrian government's fall in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People gather to celebrate the Syrian government's fall in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Syrian families arrive at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Syrian families arrive at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Syrian families wait at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Syrian families wait at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

People gather to celebrate the Syrian government's fall in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People gather to celebrate the Syrian government's fall in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Syrians cross into Syria from Turkey at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Syrians cross into Syria from Turkey at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian families arrive at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Syrian families arrive at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria from Turkey near Antakya, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

FILE - Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

FILE - Residents stand in line to buy bread from a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

People hold a banner of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian government in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People hold a banner of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian government in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)