People search for a reported mass grave near a mobile radar truck abandoned by the Syrian army in a former Russian military base in al-Qutayfah, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on December 15, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)