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Hanaa, center, and her mother Khawla, left, who are searching for any information about her brother Hussam al-Khodr, look at photos of people reported to be missing by members of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, in the Marjeh square in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. According to Hanaa, her brother was a soldier and went missing in 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations

By Sally Abou Aljoud - Associated Press

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist incoming government

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Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagon says it doubled the number of U.S. troops in Syria before Assad’s fall

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his annual news conference and call-in show at Gostinny Dvor in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin boasts of Ukraine gains at annual marathon news conference

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this photo released Nov. 9, 2019, by the official news agency SANA, then-President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA FILE via AP, File)

Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria but was evacuated by Russians

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Syrian fighters aims their weapons in direction of suspected looters at a residential complex of former Bashar Assad's military officers at the village of Husseiniyeh, in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Syrian rebel force deploys to a village near Damascus to stop looters

By Leo Correa and Omar Sanadiki - Associated Press

Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine war illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Putin finds himself more isolated, desperate and weakened

By Gary Marx

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,File)

Candid photos of Syria’s Assad expose a world beyond the carefully crafted and repressive rule

By Sally Abou Aljoud - Associated Press

People walk past shops on a street in the Bab Touma neighborhood of the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during his meeting with the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Saturday Dec. 14, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Blinken says officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Syrians chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Thousands of Syrians celebrate in central Damascus during first Friday prayers since Assad’s fall

By Albert Aji and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Syrians gather in celebration days after the fall of Bashar Assad's government at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition

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An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

By Abdulrahman Shaheen and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A woman holds a banner that shows Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, reading: "You have blood on your hands!" and stopping traffic, standing in silence to commemorate the 15 victims of a railway roof collapse five weeks ago, demanding accountability for the tragedy in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia’s president says he won’t flee his country like Syria’s Assad did despite growing protests

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A woman examines the cells at the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Crowds are gathering to enter the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," after thousands of inmates were released following the rebels' overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

U.S. indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press