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TOPSHOT - Security forces reporting to Syria's transitional government patrol the streets of Dummar, a suburb of the Syrian capitial Damascus, during an operation to seize weapons and hunt down armed supporters of the ousted Assad leadership on January 15, 2025. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported earlier this month that fighters linked to the Islamist-led transitional administration publicly executed the former mayor of Dummar on January 10, accusing him of having been an informant under ousted president Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)