(20 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idlib, Syria – 20 May 2024
1. ++MUTE++ Drone footage of streets in Idlib
2. Members of an NGO adding syrup to desserts they are preparing in celebration of Iranian president’s death
3. Close up on hand adding crushed nuts to desserts
4. Person holding up tray with paper on it reading (Arabic) "‘desserts celebrating the death of the dictator of Iran"
5. Various of NGO members handing out desserts in the streets
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim Nidal, volunteer in Hathi Hayati NGO:
"As you can see, we are distributing desserts in the streets of Idlib city celebrating the death of the Iranian president and his entourage. It’s not a secret the massacres that Iran has committed against the Syrian people. I am one of the people whose homes were destroyed and I was displaced from my city Marat al-Numan. And I hope he gets followed by the ones who deserve it."
7. Various of street
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Assaf, Displaced from Aleppo:
"We saw the news last night of the Iranian president helicopter crash. We were all waiting for the news of his death. Iran was responsible of displacing people from different cities into northern Syria. Iran was also a major reason in committing genocides and destroying homes over the heads of its inhabitants. I am displaced from Aleppo. Of course I will be happy by his death and the death of the mob that was with him because I have been displaced here for the past 8 years because of them. People from our families were killed by their hands. I hope Bashar al Assad meets the same fate, along with Putin and Hassan zummera/honker (Hassan Nasrallah)
9. Various of streets in Idlib
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdallah al Khateeb, displaced from Kafr Nabl:
"This country and its government were responsible of displacing different peoples of this region, and the destruction of this region. We were so happy today when we saw that this president tasted the same fate that the Syrian people tasted before. Thank God. I am from Kafr Nabl that is currently occupied by Iranian militias, and the militias that follow them."
11. Various of streets in Idlib
12. ++MUTE++ Drone shot of streets in Idlib
STORYLINE:
Syrian’s in the opposition-held northwest of the country on Monday expressed joy at the news of the Iranian president’s demise.
Many Syrians opposed to the rule of President Bashar Assad consider Iran responsible for propping up his government and its brutal crackdown on dissenters.
Volunteers from a local NGO handed out pastries to passersby in celebration Monday.
"It’s not a secret the massacres that Iran has committed against the Syrian people," said Ibrahim Nidal, 31,one of volunteers distributing sweets.
"I’m among the people whose houses were destroyed and who were driven from their homes," he added.
"We were all happy" upon hearing of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death said Mohammed Assaf, 30, who fled the city of Aleppo to Idlib in 2016 when government forces seized back control of rebel-held parts of the city.
"I’ve been displaced for eight years at their hands. I hope that Bashar Assad and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin meet the same fate."
AP Video shot by Ghaith Alsayed.
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