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![An anti-government fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against regime forces in the northern outskirts of Syria's west-central city of Hama, December 4, 2024.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/8e7a362e-b285-11ef-9224-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"5083c0d25bd0719b1733cd0cc55ea7f19cea90ed8c49ef5c18247a333ed0b06e","title":"Rebels%20surround%20key%250Acity%20Hama%20on%20'three%20sides'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/000_36PE8MB.webp)
![People gather near a body lying on the ground at the scene of explosions during a ceremony held to mark the death of late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran, January 3, 2024.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/a9b5e9b0-aae8-11ee-b3d0-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"IRAN%20ATTACK","hash":"760271f83c8aa498cd09fd15dea9d6cd2dd42917306fd2690589c794e68df767","title":"Islamic%20State%20group%250Aclaims%20responsibility","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/Kerman%2C%20blasts%2C%20Soleimani.webp)
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