Young Syrians sit together at a spot over looking the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 6, 2024, one week after was overrun by Islamist-led rebel fighters in a surprise offensive. Aleppo, Syria's economic lung and second city, has been administered for a week by rebel groups who have been working to restore basic services, bread, water, telecoms, transposing the "salvation government" model established in their stronghold of Idlib since 2017. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)