Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:•⁠ What comes next in Syria following the overthrow of the Assad government.•⁠ Efforts to broker a cease-fire in Gaza.•⁠ Developments in Lebanon amid repeated violations of the cease-fire agreement. Chekka native welcomed after decades in Syrian prison amid calls to clarify others’ fates: Brass bands and fanfare accompanied the return of Souheil Hamawi to Chekka after his 33-year-long detention in Syria, as reports of other Lebanese detainees’ liberation sparked hope for their relatives and spurred calls for government action. The Justice Ministry, security agencies and the national commission for detainees in Syrian prisons, meanwhile, began collecting information on released detainees,...