(13 Dec 2024)
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Damascus, Syria – 13 December 2024
1. Various wides of people gathering in Umayyad square
2. Close of flag and people raising victory sign
3. Various of people singing famous song that used to be sung by Abdelbaset Sarout, who became an icon of the rebellion against ousted President Bashar Assad, UPSOUND (Arabic) people singing:
"Even your (home country) hell is paradise. Heaven, heaven, heaven, oh our home country. Our home"
4. Person putting a flag on top of the "Sword of Damascus" monument on Umayyad Square. UPSOUND (Arabic): People continuing the song that used to be sung by Sarout: "Our beloved country, Syria our homeland. Our beloved country"
5. People in square singing, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Your soil is sweet and even your hell is paradise"
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khawla al Hamad, Syrian:
"We came here today to congratulate the free people. We are very happy today. God damn your soul Bashar, and God damn your soul Hafez. We are very happy with the liberation. And God willing Syria will forever be free and proud."
7. People embracing in street, UPSOUND (Arabic) person on loudspeaker: "And now the chant of Sarout. Oh Mother, I come to you as a martyr"
8. People chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "God damn you, Anisse (Bashar Assad’s mother), for this vile birth."
9. Person raising flag
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Doha Alsalman, Syrian:
"Of course, it will change for the better. What we eat and drink, and our livelihood, God willing. Water and electricity too, God willing."
11. People at rally raising hands and chanting
12. Close of woman at rally, people chanting UPSOUND (Arabic): "Revolution against the tyrant, and the revolution doesn’t die. Revolution against the tyrant and may god have mercy on Sarout"
13. People chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Proud Syria. No God but Allah"
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Doha Alsalman, Syrian:
"We were oppressed. There was no freedom. No one was able to breathe. But now, we have tranquillity. Now, we all feel at peace."
15. Pull out of crowd
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday at Umayyad Square, the largest in Damascus, to celebrate after the first Muslim Friday prayers following the downfall of former President Bashar Assad.
Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of insurgency that toppled Assad in a lightning 10-day march across the country to Damascus, appeared in a video message in which he encouraged Syrians to celebrate.
The Friday prayers have a particular symbolism because in the early days of the anti-government uprising-turned-civil-war in Syria in 2011, protesters would turn out en masse after going to the mosque.
"We were oppressed. There was no freedom. No one was able to breathe," said Doha Alsalman who was celebrating on Friday.
"Now, we have tranquillity. Now, we all feel at peace," she added.
Al-Sharaa’s force, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and its allied insurgents have been working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital early Sunday.
At the same time, they have tried to reassure a public that is both stunned by the fall of the state that had long ruled with an iron hand and concerned over extremist jihadis among the insurgents.
AP Video shot by Malak Harb
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