A woman walks in a narrow alley in the Syrian town of Jobar in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus on December 15, 2024. Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria's new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels on December 8 ousted president Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of brutal rule and civil war. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)