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First Friday prayers since Assad regime fell at Damascus' historic Umayyad MosqueThe Independent
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00:00The atmosphere here feels like a celebration, even a holiday. People are taking selfies
00:17in front of this world-famous monument. In fact, a lot of families I've spoken to have
00:22travelled from across the country. Some of them, this is the very first time they've
00:26ever been able to step foot in this mosque in their lives, the very first time they've
00:30been able to pray here on a Friday.
00:32We're just going to go down, yeah?
00:57What?
00:58We'll just go down.
00:59Yes, of course.

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