In photos: Syrians celebrate Bashar Assad's fall

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Men hold a Syrian opposition flag on the top of a vehicle as people celebrate after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Dec. 8, 2024.

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A woman looks at a ransacked room at the private residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Dec. 8, 2024.

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Syrians wave the opposition flag bearing the portrait of late rebel fighter and famous chanter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on Dec. 8, 2024.

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A Syrian Kurdish fighter flashes the V-sign for victory as local gunmen control the area around Qamishli's airport in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8, 2024