People remove the Syrian flag from the entrance of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s Al-Muhajirin residence in Damascus on December 8, 2024. Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious home on December 8 after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule. (Photo by Bakr AL KASSEM / AFP)