TOPSHOT - A man walks with an umbrella through a deserted foggy street in Maaret Al-Numan in the northwestern Idlib province on December 24, 2019, as government forces advance on the town. Syrian government forces on December 24 were less than four kilometres (two miles) from the strategic Maaret al-Numan, the head of the Britain-based monitor, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP. Fearing further advances, thousands of Maaret al-Numan's residents have fled.  / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
