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TOPSHOT - A Syrian Kurdish woman, fleeing from north of Aleppo, waits on a street with a child upon arriving in Tabqa, on the western outskirts of Raqa, on December 4, 2024. Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on December 4 after suffering a string of staggering losses, a war monitor said. Syrian Kurds fleeing an onslaught by Ankara-backed groups that seized the town where they were living began arriving in Kurdish-held safe areas further east, a local official said. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)