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Damascus. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major cultural and religious center of the Levant. The city has an estimated population of 1,711,000 (2009 est.). - Source: Wikipedia

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Syrians continue to celebrate the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's government, at Umayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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By Abby Sewell and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A Syrian fighter stands guard as activists gather at the Umayyad square during a protest to demand a secular state, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

U.S. diplomats and hostage envoy in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster

By Matthew Lee - 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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This frame grab from a video provided on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, shows United Nations' special envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson speaking to journalists upon his arrival to Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo)

U.N. envoy calls for sanctions relief to help rebuild Syria after Assad’s ouster

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

A Syrian Christian woman lights a candle during the first Sunday Mass since Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster, at Mariamiya Orthodox Church in old Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as U.N. envoy urges an end to sanctions

By Abby Sewell - 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

Stacey Collins Gardiner holds a picture of her son, Travis Timmerman, in her home in Urbana, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Timmerman, an American citizen, was found outside Damascus, Syria, and had been imprisoned for months after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Americans held for months inside Syrian prison turned over to U.S. forces, flown to safety

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)

American pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a ‘blessing’

By Sarah El Deeb and Nick Ingram - Associated Press

The coffin of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada is carried for burial in Damascus Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. Al-Hamad's mangled corpse was found wrapped in a bloody sheet in Saydnaya prison. He had fled to Europe but returned to Syria in 2020 and was imprisoned upon arrival. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Funeral for activist turns into call for justice for other missing Syrians

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

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

Syrian regime collapse: What it means for peace and power worldwide

By Jason Jimenez – Higher Ground Partner

A boy holding a rifle borrowed from a Syrian opposition fighter poses on the top of a government forces tank that was left on a street, at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Concern over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile triggers emergency meeting of global monitor

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

Israeli army tanks maneuver 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)

Israel said it destroyed most of Syria’s major military assets after fall of Assad regime

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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 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)

Thousands scour Syria’s most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Syrian opposition fighters man a checkpoint in Damascus, Syria, Monday Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrian premier says government still functioning, but foreign and domestic challenges loom

By Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press