Lena Sinjab
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Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
I'm just standing right at the corner of Umayyad Square, overlooking the crowd, you know, thousands gathered. This is the place where 13 years ago, protesters against President Bashar al-Assad hoped that they would use it like the Egypt's Tahrir Square, but instead they were faced with violence.
Global News Podcast
Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
brutal crackdown against their protest and they were killed and shot at while they were peacefully protesting today thousands took to the streets not only in damascus but across the country i was down in the street among the demonstrators now and there were mixed people with families with children even the rebels were around them they were playing loud music
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
chanting that they have sang and celebrated 13 years ago when they took to the streets peacefully they were remembering city after city they were remembering the ones who were killed and died it was just an incredible joy out in the streets and when i spoke to people and asked them about tomorrow and they said leave us today give us today to celebrate let us enjoy this moment today and tomorrow we will work all together hand in hand and build our country
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
Well, we've seen that the leadership of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham with the new government, that they are really rushing to take steps to stability, to get business back running. They've taken over the ministries. They've asked employees to go back to their work. We've seen them deploying civil police, traffic police, getting things in order on the ground.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
And we've seen that there is, like, a momentum on the, you know, diplomatic level. The U.S. Secretary of State Blinken was in Jordan and then Turkey holding talks about coordinating regional efforts to help Syrians with their transition. It should be a Syrian-led transition, but also pointed out that this should be a government that is inclusive. that protects minorities, protects women's rights.
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Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'
So they're sending a message to also HDS that you need to be careful, that you have to be inclusive. You can't carry on hardline ideologies and impose it on Syria. We've seen the G7 members also going to hold a meeting today, a virtual meeting, to discuss how they support Syria. And there's a meeting in Jordan tomorrow with foreign ministers to discuss how they support Syria in its transition.