DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 23: Boys play football amid destroyed buildings in Yarmouk camp on December 23, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Yarmouk camp, a predominantly Palestinian area was heavily bombarded by Syrian forces during the war, residents have slowly begun to return to the area finding most buildings unsafe and uninhabitable. On December 8, rebel forces in Syria retook the capital and several other cities from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country for Moscow. The fall of the Assad regime marks a new chapter for Syria, which has been mired in a multi-party civil war since 2011, sparked by the Arab Spring uprisings. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)