Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect an abandoned airplane at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on December 9, 2024. Islamist-led rebels on December 8 ousted president Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that saw them sweep swathes of territory from government control. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP)