Members from Bashar Assad's Syrian army period line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of a "identification and reconciliation process" at a army compound in Latakia, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024.(Photo: AP/Leo Correa)
Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a captured Syrian army tank in the town of Maarat al-Numan, southwest from Aleppo, Syria, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (Photo: AP)