A man steps on a Syrian regime flag (L) next to national flags in a ransacked office as Syrians loot the embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. A safe sat in the middle of one room, whose tiled floor was littered with broken posters including, the AFP photographer saw.
