(From L-R) Portraits of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's late general Qassem Soleimani are seen in a ransacked office as Syrians loot the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)