(8 Dec 2024)
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Damascus, Syria – 08 December 2024
1. Smoke on the horizon and abandoned Syrian army truck
2. Close of bullet casings
3. Various of discarded army uniforms
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Laith, opposition fighter:
“It’s almost like a dream. It’s like a dream. I need someone to wake me up. What great joy for the people. There is love. As if they were waiting for us for a longtime to liberate them from this dirt of a regime.”
5. Various of damaged courthouse
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khitam Hadad, aide to justice minister:
“We are in the justice palace in Damascus to protect documents and possessions because there is chaos. Judges have been going around to make sure courts are protected and there is no looting. God willing the judges are ready to resume work and protect property and rights.”
7. Various of insurgents in Damascus
STORYLINE:
Crowds gathered in Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government with chants, prayers and the occasional gunfire after opposition fighters entered the Syrian capital following a stunning advance.
It was the first time opposition forces had reached Damascus since 2018 when Syrian troops recaptured areas on the outskirts of the capital following a years-long siege.
Revellers filled central Umayyad Square, where the Defense Ministry is located.
Men fired celebratory gunshots and some waved the three-starred Syrian flag that predates the Assad government and was adopted by the revolutionaries.
“It is almost like a dream. I need someone to wake me up. What great joy for the people. There is love. As if they were waiting for us for a longtime to liberate them from this dirt," said Abu Laith, a fighter from Latakia who just arrived in Damascus.
Pictures of Assad were destroyed and many ministries were ransacked.
The Iranian Embassy in Damascus was ransacked after apparently having been abandoned.
Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government who came to check on the city’s courthouse, said work in the court will resume soon.
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