Syrian rebel fighters celebrate at the Clock Tower in the heart of the central city of Homs early on 8 December 2024, after rebel forces entered Syria's third city overnight. Photo: AFP / AAREF WATAD
Israel has continued its war on Gaza and in September it launched unprecedented strikes on Lebanon, killing Hezbollah leader and Hamas ally Hassan Nasrallah.
And in the past few weeks we've seen the overthrow of president Bashar al Assad in Syria which ended more than 50 years of the Assad family's grip on power.
Al Jazeera Senior International Correspondent Resul Serdar Atash is in the Syrian capital Damascus and speaks to Susie.
