(31 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 31 December 2024
1. Wide aerial shot of Victoria Bridge area ++MUTE++
2. Cars driving in Victoria Square
3. Pedestrians and traffic
4. People sitting at Marjeh Square
5. Various of man looking at photographs of missing people at Marjeh Square monument
6. Wide aerial shot of Marjeh Square
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdulrahman Al-Habib, resident:
“We hope that in the New Year our status will be better, peace and security will prevail and may God support Islam and Muslims, and peace be prevailed in the whole Arab world.”
8. Various of new Syrian flags outside shop
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abir Homsi, resident:
“We will get back to how we were a long time ago, where people loved each other and celebrated together whether it was Ramadan or Christmas or any other holiday. No restricted areas for anyone. The situation will be much better. I feel it is much better.”
10. People preparing food at Umayyad Square
11. Wide aerial shot of Umayyad Square ++MUTE++
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abdulhamid, resident:
“Free Syria is very beautiful. Syria is so beautiful when it is happy and green. The green color will be the color for 2025, I hope as Mahmoud Abdulhamid, as one of the industrialists and the traders in Damascus and Syria, that Syria will be well, and in the new year in Syria will be strong, and free.”
13. Traffic at Umayyad Square
STORYLINE:
After the fall of President Bashar Assad, Syrians are freely expressing their wishes without fear of censorship after fifty years of Assad’s ruling family.
On the last day of 2024, the citizens at Marjeh Square hope for a new Syria. A democratic and free Syria where justice and law will prevail.
Abdulrahman Al-Habib, a citizen from Deir El-Zour is visiting Damascus searching for his missing relative. Al-Habib hoped that peace would prevail in Syria and the Arab world.
“We hope that in the New Year our status will be better, peace and security will prevail,” Al-Habibi said.
Syrians are optimistic about the future of their country, a bright future that is defined by peace, security and freedom of expression.
They also hope for strong social integration among all Syrian communities.
“We will get back to how we were a long time ago, where people loved each other and celebrated together whether it was Ramadan or Christmas or any other holiday. No restricted areas for anyone," said Abir Homsi.
AP video shot by Ghaith Alsayed
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