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  1. Syrian refugee Ali Abi Zaid who lives in Cheltenham poses for a photo on a grey sofa

  2. Syrian rebel fighters celebrate and hold up the Free Syria flag in Damascus after President Bashar al-Assad reportedly fled abroad (8 December 2024)

  3. A man stand waving a Syrian flag on a street. He is holding a young boy in one arm and a young girl is standing on his other side also holding the bottom of the flag's handle.

  4. Razan Alsous wearing a yellow top and white head scarf standing behind a stall of various cheeses in an indoor market. Other stalls are in the background, with shoppers looking at items for sale.

  5. People chip away at a wall at Sednaya Prison on 9 December 2024 in Damascus, Syria

  6. Blue road sign which has 'welcome to Syria' written on it

  7. The BBC's Lina Sinjab reporting from Damascus, Syria

  8. A woman is released from prison

  9. A woman is filmed in a prison in Syria as rebels free inmates

  10. Men reading newspapers in Damascus

  11. People visit an army tank belonging to the toppled Syrian government, in Damascus, on December 10, 2024

  12. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani speaks to a crowd at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad (8 December 2024)

  13. Freelance journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria in 2012

  14. A Syrian man is seen standing on a street with his wife being interviewed by a reporter. He has his hand to his chest as he speaks. He is wearing a black hoodie.

  15. Israeli troops deploy next to the security fence near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (8 December 2024)

  16. Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Damascus, Syria (1 December 2024)

  17. sand-coloured armoured car in front of a ruined building in Homs

  18. File photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad side-by-side while visiting the Hmeymim air base in Syria in 2017

  19. Lina Sinjab speaks to camera, as a fire burns behind her, in the night sky

  20. Crowds of people waving flags in Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

  21. The BBC's Lina Sinjab pointing towards the house belonging to Bashar al-Assad with people walking in front of it

  22. A man in a camouflage jacket stands in front of Aleppo's citadel. He is waving an opposition flag with his right arm.

  23. A man and a woman celebrate in the street after Syrian rebels captured the city of Damascus. The woman raises her hands to the sky - one of her hands is holding a Syrian flag.

  24. Lina Sinjab in Damascus