Syrians around the world gather to celebrate the dramatic fall of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, chanting slogans and waving Syrian flags. The president fled Syria as Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus, triggering celebrations across the country and beyond at the end of his oppressive rule. Assad's government fell 11 days after the rebels began a surprise advance, more than 13 years after Assad's crackdown on anti-government protests ignited Syria's civil war -- which had become largely dormant until the rebel push.
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00:00Like, it's unbelievable, like, I'm still, like, not understand, like, he actually got
00:29out of the country, like, he flew out, and Syria's free, liberated again, so now it's
00:35our time to rebuild it and then, you know, get a new country.
00:59Yeah, absolutely incredible moment after 14 years.
01:15After 14 years, like, we got our freedom, like, you know, it took so long, but finally
01:20we got it, like, you know, all Syria are free now, and it's brilliant, like, yeah, we're
01:26very happy.
01:27Everyone is happy here, like, you know.
01:34We're really hoping for a better future.
01:35We're hoping for a better government that's going to come up, a government that cares
01:38for its civilians, a government that will not kill its civilians, of course, because
01:42what's going on has been horrible.
01:43I mean, millions of civilians have been killed.
01:46It's awful.
01:47I mean, we have a family who have, unfortunately, perished as well, but we're very happy.
02:46We're very happy to be able to express ourselves freely, to express new rules, new opinions,
02:51what we expect, exactly, yeah, to hear our voice again.