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A long road ahead to decide Syria’s future after rapid end to Assad’s rule

BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in 50 years, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The end of the Assad family’s rule is for many Syrians …

FILE - Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a news conference in Hassakeh, Syria, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes hit Gaza and also target suspected weapons sites in Syria

Israeli soldiers stand guard on a security fence gate near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity

Israeli soldiers take position near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

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Assad’s downfall is a humbling blow to Russia. How will it affect Putin’s prestige?

FILE - In this photo provided Nov. 9, 2019, by the official Syrian news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

Ghana’s ex-leader is declared the winner of the presidential election

Supporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory after his opponent conceded in Accra, Ghana, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during his meeting with Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky).

A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son’s death

A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Germany and other European countries suspend decisions on Syrians’ asylum bids after Assad’s fall

FILE - Migrants and refugees line up at the central registration center for refugees and asylum seekers LaGeSo (Landesamt fuer Gesundheit und Soziales - State Office for Health and Social Affairs) LaGeSo in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Passenger who tried to force Mexican plane to fly to US said he was under threat by criminals

Global chemical arms watchdog warns Syria about unaccounted weapons

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets

People inspect documents they found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Crowds are gathering to enter the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," after thousands of inmates were released following the rebels' overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Representative of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, Terumi Tanaka signs the guest book ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Landslides and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Java island, leaving 10 dead and 2 missing

Rescuers clear up rubble from damaged houses at a neighborhood affected by a landslide in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rangga Firmansyah)

Illness delays trial of men charged with cutting down Britain’s scenic Sycamore Gap tree

FILE - A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian's Wall near Bardon Mill, England, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

South Korean police considering travel ban on President Yoon

Police officers stand guard in front of the ruling People Power Party's head office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Taiwan says China has sent naval ships into nearby waters ahead of anticipated drills

ARCHIVO - Una bandera nacional taiwanesa se ve cerca del edificio Taipei 101 en el monumento nacional Dr. Sun Yat-Sen en Taipéi, Taiwán, el 7 de mayo de 2023. (AP Foto/Chiang Ying-ying, Archivo)

Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addressees the nation from the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 21, 2024, about the use of a new hypersonic missile in Ukraine. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Australian synagogue fire declared terrorism in a decision that increases investigation resources

People gather outside the fire damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?

Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. Golani, a former al-Qaida commander who cut ties with the group and says he embraces pluralism and religious tolerance, leads the biggest rebel faction and is poised to chart the country's future. He calls himself by his given name, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and not his nom de guerre. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Tonga’s prime minister quits moments ahead of no-confidence motion in parliament

Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga on Aug. 26 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama is set to return after rival concedes election

A woman with her child prepares her ballot in the general elections in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

Demonstrators rally outside the parliament to protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Ousted Syrian leader Assad given asylum in Moscow: Russian state news

The graphic above shows the areas of control in Syria as of 10 p.m. Dec. 7. (AP Digital Embed)