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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 8, 2024

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Anti-government fighters cheer from the back of a car at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

PM says will cooperate with 'any leadership chosen by people'

Rebels declare Damascus captured in stunning end to Assad family rule in Syria

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People celebrate in streets; Syrian president said to flee, whereabouts unknown; prime minister offers to cooperate; IDF deploys to buffer zone with Syria, bolsters border forces

File: Then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad looks on at his country's flag at the opening of the 16th ordinary session of Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, May 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Assad’s fall marks end of regime that crushed dissent, fostered anti-Israel terror

By AP and ToI Staff

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, poses for a selfie during a press conference in the area of Bab al Hawa crossing northern Syria late on March 12, 2024. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

ProfileWho is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?

By Kareem Chehayeb

A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

Russia says Assad has left office and fled Syria, but whereabouts remain unknown

By Agencies and ToI Staff

One report indicates ousted dictator was killed in plane crash, another hints he departed Russian base on aircraft; Syrian civilians loot his home in Damascus

Members of the Syrian community wave Syrian flags in Berlin, Germany, and celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2024. (Frank ZELLER / AFP)

Global leaders urge calm, stability after rebels oust Assad regime

Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria on December 8, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 8: Day 429 – Rebels capture Damascus, Assad rule ends in Syria

A man steps on a damaged portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's late general Qassem Soleimani, as Syrians loot the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Dec 8: US official: Iran weakened by events in Syria, improving chance for Gaza deal

By Michael Bachner, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Rebel leader slams Assad for turning Syria into a place for ‘Iranian ambitions’ * US strikes IS targets in Syria * IAF takes out weaponry, production sites that could threaten Israel

8:21 pm

Seeing chance for peace with Syria, Druze communities in Israel celebrate Assad's fall
8:14 pm

US official: Iran weakened by events in Syria, improving chance for Gaza hostage deal
8:11 pm

Biden says US will work with partners in Syria to manage risk, build a better future

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Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on December 7, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

IDF deploys in Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for post-Assad regime chaos

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel takes up posts in area for the first time since 1974; IDF said to strike chemical weapons sites in Damascus and Hezbollah convoy fleeing to Lebanon

IDF soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria, December 7, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Syria rebels take areas near Israel border; IDF warns them not to ‘turn in our direction’

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

US President-elect Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysees Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Trump says US should stay out of Syria civil war: ‘Let it play out’

By AFP

A man steps on a damaged portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and late IRGC Quds Force general Qassem Soleimani as Syrians loot the Iranian embassy in the capital Damascus on November 8, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Rebels storm Iranian embassy in Damascus, rip banner of Nasrallah and Soleimani

By AFP

Looters ransack and damage offices, load up plundered items onto trucks outside; diplomatic staff are safe, evacuated before attack, Tehran says

Anti-government forces drive in Syria's west-central province of Homs on December 7, 2024, on their way to the city of Homs. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)

Syrian rebels take Homs, advance into Damascus as Hezbollah ousted from key border city

By AP and ToI Staff

Anti-government fighters stand in front of a defaced portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they patrol a street in the Syrian southern city of Daraa on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Sam HARIRI / AFP)

Syria rebels say they’re encircling Damascus; West thinks Assad regime may fall in days

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US increasingly worried that Iran is poised to build nukes, intel report says

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Document says Tehran not currently building an atomic weapon, but uranium enrichment levels are near weapons-grade, existing stockpiles are enough for over a dozen nuclear warheads

Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

This picture shows destroyed buildings, reportedly the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam, near the border with Israel, on December 7, 2024. (AFP)

Israeli drone kills Hezbollah operative, reports of more strikes in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of those held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Preparing for deal, Hamas tells fellow Gazan terror groups to identify hostages they hold

By AFP, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Israeli official says two recent propaganda videos released by Hamas of young male hostages indicate the group is looking for a comprehensive deal to free all captives

Demonstrators raise placards, including one showing a large picture of Matan Zangauker, and wave flags during an anti-government protest demanding action for the release of hostages, in Tel Aviv on December 7, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Hamas video shows Gaza hostage Zangauker for first time as thousands rally for deal

By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Netanyahu speaks to mother of captive Matan Zangauker, a leading anti-government voice, after terror group releases tape of her son urging deal; protests held in Tel Aviv, elsewhere

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, Iraq, December 6, 2024. (Hadi Mizban/AP)

Iranian foreign minister meets with Hamas leaders in Doha

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

When the music stops: The haunting legacy of anti-Zionism

When history’s sober gaze falls upon this era, it will draw upon a digital archive of those who chose the easy path of fashionable outrage

The fall of Assad means opportunities for Israel – and some danger

The regime collapse undermines Iran’s influence and makes surrounding Israel with a ’ring of fire’ harder, but what new risks will the chaos pose?

Cpt. Avraham Ben Pinchas. (IDF)

IDF soldier killed by Hamas anti-tank fire during fighting in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Cpt. Avraham Ben Pinchas, 24, is killed during combat in Rafah; COGAT says over 3,270 tons of flour on 218 trucks delivered to Strip in past week

IDF troops at the scene of a car-ramming attack near the West Bank's Fawwar camp, close to Hebron, December 7, 2024. (Rescuers Without Borders)

Soldier seriously hurt in West Bank ramming; attacker flees, later turns himself in

By Emanuel Fabian

A civilian is lightly injured in crossfire near Al Fawwar; separately, IDF troops shoot a Palestinian wearing an ISIS shirt who launched flare at checkpoint

Synagogue blaze should be treated as terror, Australian leader says

By AFP

PM Albanese appears to push back after Netanyahu claims Canberra’s policies incited arson that gutted Melbourne synagogue, decries rise in antisemitism

Jewish community members remove holy scrolls from the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne after an arson attack on December 6, 2024. (Tania Lee/AFP)

Zibby Books publisher Zibby Owen, third from left, front row, with some of the contributors to 'On Being Jewish Now,' an anthology that came out in October 2024, at Zibby's Book Shop, Santa Monica, California (Courtesy Innis Casey Photography)

As Jews continue to digest October 7, anthologies offer a buffet of food for thought

By Jessica Steinberg

Female-powered collections explore life in the US and antisemitism, provide succor and hope with prayers and poems, and retell the stories of heroic Jewish women

The ceremony to mark the reopening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral, in central Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

‘MERCI’: France’s Notre Dame Cathedral reopens five years after fire almost destroyed it

US President-elect Trump in attendance with Macron, Zelensky and other world leaders, as firefighters who saved 860-year-old monument from 2019 inferno receive standing ovation

Israeli security forces seen during a raid in the Tubas Turkish Hospital, in the West Bank, December 3, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

'The first step to fix a problem is to admit that it exists'

The IDF is acknowledging that soldiers’ helmets and body armor may be unsafe

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

A quietly released new website allows troops to check whether their equipment complies with safety standards in a tacit confirmation of claims made since the beginning of the war

Sheriff's deputies walks past a playground outside Feather River Adventist School after a shooting Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Oroville, Calif. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Man who shot 2 kids at California school wanted to avenge ‘genocide’ of Palestinians

By TERRY CHEA, and STEFANIE DAZIO and ToI Staff

Police say Glenn Litton mentally ill, found writings saying he was carrying out ‘counter-measures’ and ‘child executions’ in response to US involvement in Middle East conflicts

Sharona Dahan cooks at Asif in Tel Aviv, in a rare respite from takeout nearly a year after being evacuated from her home in Sderot, October 2024. (Deborah Danan)

'The kitchen is such a key ingredient to feeling secure'

For displaced Israelis, the kitchen becomes a symbol of hope, home, remembrance

By Deborah Danan

At the Asif Culinary Institute through April, ‘The Open Kitchen: Memories From a Home Left Behind’ tells the stories of evacuees and the significance of the foods they hold dear

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