Anti-government figthers drive an armoured vehicle on the highway to Damascus, as they reach the town of Suran north of Syria's Hama city on December 3, 2024. Islamist-led rebels advanced on Syria's fourth-largest city Hama on December 3, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the north in an offensive that ended four years of relative calm. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)