Photo by: Uncredited In this photo released on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad meets with former hostages released in an prisoner exchange with rebels, in Damascus, Syria. The "First Coastal Division" rebel faction released 55 women and children detainees on Tuesday in exchange for the government releasing 54 women prisoners of its own. (SANA via AP)
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