A damaged portrait of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad lies on the ground in the western Syrian port city of Latakia on Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Bashar al-Assad's regime had been funneling assets and Syrian funds to Moscow prior to his escape from Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024. (Photo: designed by Kurdistan24)
UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen meeting with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammed al-Jolani). (Photo: AFP/Syrian Interim Government)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (right) during his meeting with Mohamed al-Hassan, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo: INA)