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Residents of Hama gather during a protest to mark the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Hama, Syria December 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syria to mark one year since Assad toppled

Official celebrations are planned for the central Umayyad Square in Damascus, which has already been packed with jubilant gatherings ahead of 8 December, and elsewhere around the country

A boy holds balloons and a Syrian flag as residents gather to celebrate one year since a lightning Islamist-led offensive toppled the country's longtime ruler, in central Hama on December 5, 2025. Photo: AFP

Syria marks first anniversary of Assad’s fall with celebrations

Palestinians light up a Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

As Christmas lights return to Bethlehem, Palestinians look for hope

Qatari Premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Photo: Collected

Qatar PM says Gaza truce incomplete without 'full withdrawal' by Israel

Rami Makhlouf (left) portrays himself as a messianic figure. Kamal Hassan (right) believes Alawites must take up arms to defend themselves. Photo: REUTERS/Illustration/Catherine Tai; Source photos: REUTERS/Stringer and Facebook

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Maj Gen Roman Gofman, his military secretary, whom he nominated on 4 December 2025, to be the next director of the Mossad. Photo: Israel's Prime Minister's Office Spokesperson

Netanyahu picks military secretary Roman Gofman as new Mossad chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, to members of the media prior to a UN Security Council meeting, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, August 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

UN chief Guterres says Israel's conduct of war in Gaza 'fundamentally wrong'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a bilateral dinner held by US President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

What to know about Netanyahu's request for pardon in corruption trial

Destroyed buildings as seen from an Israeli military outpost within the borders of the 'yellow line' in the Shujaiya neighborhood in the eastern part of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip November 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nir Elias

Gaza death toll tops 70,000: health ministry

A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Ahmed al-Najjar

Israeli raid in southern Syrian village kills 13

The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, 16 December 2024. Photo: Reuters

Israeli army announces new operation in northern West Bank

A Palestinian woman pulls a stroller with children, next to piles of rubble, during a rainy day in Gaza City, November 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Floods swamp homeless Palestinians' tents in Gaza as winter looms

Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre along the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from northern Israel, November 24, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem

Israeli strikes have killed at least 127 civilians in Lebanon since ceasefire, UN says