People celebrate in the street during a march following Friday prayers in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir addresses a crowd during Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
Syrians attend Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
A rebel fighter poses for a picture ahead of the Friday noon prayer at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
People celebrate in the street during a march following Friday prayers in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
A boy looks at a rose placed at the tip of the barrel of an assault rifle held by a Syrian rebel fighter before the weekly Muslim Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
This aerial view shows Muslim worshippers attending the first weekly Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad at the 8th-century Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
This aerial view shows Muslim worshippers attending the first weekly Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad at the 8th-century Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
People chant slogans and wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather in the courtyard of the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
An areal photo shows crowds of Syrians raising a giant independence-era flag, used by the opposition since the uprising began in 2011, as they celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad earlier this week at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
An areal photo shows crowds of Syrians raising a giant independence-era flag, used by the opposition since the uprising began in 2011, as they celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted rule earlier this week at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
Muslim worshippers attend the first weekly Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad in the courtyard of the 8th-century Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
People wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square after the Friday noon prayer in Aleppo on December 13, 2024. AFP
An areal photo shows thousands of jubilant Syrians celebrating this week's fall of Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted rule at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
A man joyfully tosses a boy into the air as people gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square after the Friday noon prayer in Aleppo on December 13, 2024. AFP
A woman chants slogans and holds an independence-era Syrian flag as people gather in the courtyard of the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
People wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square after the Friday noon prayer in Aleppo on December 13, 2024. AFP
A child sitting on the shoulders of a man holds an independence-era Syrian flag as worshippers arrive for the first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad at the 8th-century Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
People chant slogans and wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather in the courtyard of the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024. AFP
A Syrian girl joins jubilant crowds celebrating this week's fall of Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted rule in the heart of the rebel bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, on December 13, 2024. AFP