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In pictures: Developments on the ground

7 December 2024 15:56 GMT

Here is a selection of some images coming out of Syria today.

In Deir Ezzor, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters are celebrating their control.

Syrian government forces withdrew from the eastern city on Friday to concentrate on defending Homs, with SDF moving in to replace them.

Members of the SDF hold a flag in Deir Ezzor on 7 December (Reuters/Orhan Qereman)
Members of the SDF hold a flag in Deir Ezzor on 7 December (Reuters/Orhan Qereman)

Rebels led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham are meanwhile fighting government forces in Homs. Here's a quiet moment earlier in the day as fighters moved towards the city from Hama, which they took on Friday.

Rebel fighters pray in Homs countryside on 7 December (Reuters/Mahmoud Hasano)
Rebel fighters pray in Homs countryside on 7 December (Reuters/Mahmoud Hasano)

And in Salamiyah, a town in central Syria's Hama province, life appears to be going back to normal.

Residents of Salamiyah gesture to the camera as they walk in a central street days after rebel forces captured the area, on 7 December (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
Residents of Salamiyah gesture to the camera as they walk in a central street days after rebel forces captured the area, on 7 December (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)