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(FILES) A file handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Facebook page on July 8, 2022, shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C-L) and his wife Asma al-Assad (C) walking with their children, Hafez (2nd-R), Karim (R) and Zein (L), next to the Grand Umayyad mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, 2024, sending Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by Syrian Presidency Facebook page / AFP) / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO /SYRIAN PRESIDENCY FACEBOOK PAGE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==