Scenes from Syria after Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus on Sunday, December 8 2024, ending nearly 50 years of his family's tyranny.
IMAGE: A rebel fighter celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, December 8, 2024. Photograph: Firas Makdesi/Reuters
IMAGE: A Syrian army tank marooned on a Damascus street after the rebels captured the capital, December 8, 2024, here and below. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
IMAGE: Smoke rises in Damascus, December 8, 2024, after Syrian rebels declared victory, here and below. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
IMAGE: Syrians with their belongings wait to cross into Syria at the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon, December 8, 2024, after the Assad regime collapsed, here and below. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
IMAGE: Cars queue to cross into Syria at the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon, December 8, 2024. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
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