STORY: :: Syrians abroad celebrate the fall of ousted President Bashar al-Assad
:: December 8, 2024
:: Berlin, Germany
"I don't know how to explain, it is very difficult this feeling, it is a very mixed feeling. We are very happy to get our freedom after 15 years and millions of people have been killed."
:: London, England
"We have been waiting for this for a long time. I think every Syrian person, every free Syrian person is very overwhelmed and very happy because finally we can say that Syria is a free country now."
:: Paris, France
:: Beirut, Lebanon
:: Athens, Greece
:: Ankara, Turkey
:: Erbil, Iraq
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders for a peaceful handover of power.
It marks a turning point for Syria, shattered by years of war which has turned cities to rubble, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and forced millions abroad as refugees.
