This aerial view shows the remains of a destroyed monument to Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad who died in 2000, in Deir Attiyah in the countryside of Damascus on December 28, 2024. The monument in Deir Attiyah was the largest statue of Hafez al-Assad until it was destroyed on December 8 after Bashar al-Assad fled the countrty and Islamist rebels took the capital Damascus. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)