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A man waves a Syrian opposition flag at the Citadel of Aleppo in northern Syria on December 11, 2024.
A man waves a Syrian opposition flag at the Citadel of Aleppo in northern Syria on December 11, 2024 [Ozan Jose/ AFP]
  • Syrian fighters burned the tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the town of Qardaha in northern Latakia.
  • Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the rebel forces that overthrew al-Assad, pledges to close the former regime’s notorious prisons and secure potential chemical weapons sites with the help of international partners.