This aerial view shows the aftermath of an overnight strike attributed to Israel on the Barzeh scientific research centre affiliated with the Syrian defence ministry in northern Damascus on December 10, 2024. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the overnight strikes destroyed the research centre in northern Damascus and damaged about 10 naval vessels and army warehouses in and around the military port of Latakia in western Syria. The strikes came on the heels of the collapse of former president Bashar al-Assad's government over the weekend in the face of a lightning rebel advance. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)