TOPSHOT - A truck loaded with furniture and other items drives carrying fleeing people away from Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on December 24, 2019 as government forces advance. - Syrian government forces on December 24 were less than four kilometres (two miles) from the strategic city of Maaret al-Numan, the head of the Britain-based monitor, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP. Fearing further advances, thousands of Maaret al-Numan's residents have fled. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)