People walk past a sign in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the "Alpha Line" that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Israel Syria Majdal Shams Golan Heights

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

People attend a rally celebrating the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Women walk together near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman cuts a slice of an Arab sweet called knafeh in her shop of the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman and child walk past Israeli armored vehicles parked near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man walks in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The sun rises over homes covering a hill in the town of Majdal Shams, near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, early Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A sign with a warning that reads in Hebrew “Danger. Mines!” stands in a field near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A couple sits in a public park in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Children play in a public park in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Youths sit on a trash dumpster as they watch an Israeli armored vehicle maneuver near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An old Israeli trench stands on a hill near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A youth wearing the jersey of Argentine player Lionel Messi plays soccer in a public field in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman walks past a flower store in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man waits to fill up his tractor with fuel in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People stand inside a jewelry store in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A cook prepares food in her store in the town of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An old Israeli tank is parked on a hill near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman uses a computer in a restaurant in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man crosses a street in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Women have dinner in a restaurant of the Druze village of Majdal Shams, located near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Israeli residents sit in a pool of hot water coming from a drilling project which exposed a subterranean hydrothermal spring near Mount Bental in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Homes cover a hill in the town of Majdal Shams, near the “Alpha Line” that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, early Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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