A person gestures next to a burning picture of President Bashar al-Assad, after rebels seized the capital and ousted the president, in Qamishli, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo  By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS – The Sunni-led Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad met elders in the former president’s Alawite hometown on Monday and […]