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Syrian opposition fighters ride in a truck in Talhiya, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters ride in a truck in Talhiya, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Government soldiers and allies are taken into custody by opposition fighters on the road between Homs and Damascus, near Homs, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Government soldiers and allies are taken into custody by opposition fighters on the road between Homs and Damascus, near Homs, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive past a burning armored vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive past a burning armored vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A man shows old pictures of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad as civilians ransack the private residence of overthrown President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A man shows old pictures of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad as civilians ransack the private residence of overthrown President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter holds a rocket launcher in front of the provincial government office, where an image of overthrown President Bashar Assad is riddled with bullets, in Hama, Syria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter holds a rocket launcher in front of the provincial government office, where an image of overthrown President Bashar Assad is riddled with bullets, in Hama, Syria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a picture of a comrade stepping on a portrait of overthrown Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, early Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a picture of a comrade stepping on a portrait of overthrown Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, early Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters remove a government flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, Saturday Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters remove a government flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, Saturday Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive by an abandoned Syrian army armoured vehicle on a highway in the outskirts of in Khan Sheikhoun, southwest of Aleppo, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Syrian opposition insurgency launched a campaign on Wednesday with a two-pronged attack on Aleppo and the countryside around Idlib.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive by an abandoned Syrian army armoured vehicle on a highway in the outskirts of in Khan Sheikhoun, southwest of Aleppo, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Syrian opposition insurgency launched a campaign on Wednesday with a two-pronged attack on Aleppo and the countryside around Idlib.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian army armored vehicles are left abandoned on road on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, after opposition insurgents took control of the city, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian army armored vehicles are left abandoned on road on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, after opposition insurgents took control of the city, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

The bodies of Syrian soldiers and allied fighters who were killed in combat lie next to a Syrian army vehicle in Aleppo, Syria, early Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

The bodies of Syrian soldiers and allied fighters who were killed in combat lie next to a Syrian army vehicle in Aleppo, Syria, early Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian opposition fighters seize ammunition abandoned by the Syrian army in the town of Khan Assubul, Syria, southwest of Aleppo, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters seize ammunition abandoned by the Syrian army in the town of Khan Assubul, Syria, southwest of Aleppo, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Army defectors line-up to register with Syrian insurgents in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Dec. 5, 2024. As insurgents consolidate their hold over Aleppo, they order government soldiers and security agencies to defect, and grant them amnesty via insurgent-issued "protection cards." (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Army defectors line-up to register with Syrian insurgents in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Dec. 5, 2024. As insurgents consolidate their hold over Aleppo, they order government soldiers and security agencies to defect, and grant them amnesty via insurgent-issued "protection cards." (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Colleagues and friends mourn over the body of Syrian photographer Anas Alkharboutli, 32, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday Dec. 4, 2024. Alkharboutli, who worked for the German news agency DPA, was killed in an airstrike near the city of Hama, the agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Colleagues and friends mourn over the body of Syrian photographer Anas Alkharboutli, 32, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday Dec. 4, 2024. Alkharboutli, who worked for the German news agency DPA, was killed in an airstrike near the city of Hama, the agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized Syrian Air Force fighter plane at the Hama military airport, Syria, Friday Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized Syrian Air Force fighter plane at the Hama military airport, Syria, Friday Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized Syrian Air Force fighter plane at the Hama military airport, Syria, Friday Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized Syrian Air Force fighter plane at the Hama military airport, Syria, Friday Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

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)

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)

Syrian opposition fighters drive past a damaged government vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive past a damaged government vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Body bags containing adults and children, victims of an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced people near the village of Harbnush, cover the floor of a hospital in Maarat Misreen, north of Idlib, Syria, Monday Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Body bags containing adults and children, victims of an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced people near the village of Harbnush, cover the floor of a hospital in Maarat Misreen, north of Idlib, Syria, Monday Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian opposition fighters drive a motorcycle and an armored vehicle seized from the Syrian army in the town of Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian opposition fighters drive a motorcycle and an armored vehicle seized from the Syrian army in the town of Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

A man tries to remove a chandelier as other people search the ransacked private residence of overthrown President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man tries to remove a chandelier as other people search the ransacked private residence of overthrown President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Opposition fighters celebrate as they burn down a military court in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Opposition fighters celebrate as they burn down a military court in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Residents flee Hama with their belongings and children piled atop a truck, after insurgents take over the Syrian city, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Residents flee Hama with their belongings and children piled atop a truck, after insurgents take over the Syrian city, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter displays badges indicating the ranks of Syrian army officers in Anjara, on the western outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

A Syrian opposition fighter displays badges indicating the ranks of Syrian army officers in Anjara, on the western outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

People ransack the private residence of overthrown Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

People ransack the private residence of overthrown Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Opposition fighters drive on the streets of Hama after insurgents seize control of the Syrian city, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Opposition fighters drive on the streets of Hama after insurgents seize control of the Syrian city, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter sits inside an office in the Presidential Palace after the Syrian government collapses in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian opposition fighter sits inside an office in the Presidential Palace after the Syrian government collapses in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian family poses for photo sitting on a couch in a hall of overthrown President Bashar Assad's presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Syrian family poses for photo sitting on a couch in a hall of overthrown President Bashar Assad's presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government collapses in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government collapses in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian opposition fighter tears a painting depicting Syria’s overthrown President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hazef Assad, at Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Syrian opposition fighter tears a painting depicting Syria’s overthrown President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hazef Assad, at Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Two men use their flashlights to inspect a corridor of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Two men use their flashlights to inspect a corridor of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man holds up two ropes tied into nooses in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man holds up two ropes tied into nooses in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opposition fighters celebrate in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Opposition fighters celebrate in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Two women whose relatives were imprisoned embrace outside the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Two women whose relatives were imprisoned embrace outside the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Thousands of inmates were released after Bashar Assad's regime was overthrown on Sunday, and crowds of people entered the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," hoping to find relatives who had been held there. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)