A general view shows Aleppo's Saadallah al Jabiri Square with a burnt billboard that used to bear portraits of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad in the centre 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)