Members of the Syrian community hold Syrian flags as they rally on December 8, 2024 on Sergel's Square in Stockholm, Sweden, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that a UN envoy called "a watershed moment" for the nation marred by civil war. (Photo by Jonas EKSTROMER / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT