Syrian residents in Turkey wave opposition flag as they celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, in Gaziantep, on December 8, 2024. 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 Ozan KOSE / AFP)