Members of the Syrian community celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

Members of the Syrian community and supporters wave opposition flags as they gather to celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the face of an offensive by Islamist-led rebels, in Paris on December 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that a UN envoy called "a watershed moment" for the nation marred by civil war.