Lise Doucette
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Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
The church of the Virgin Lady of the Girdle, in the heart of the old city of Homs, said to be one of the oldest churches in the world. And these streets saw some of the worst of the fighting in Syria's war. We came to this church nearly a decade ago when President Assad's forces pushed the rebels out of the old city of Homs. And then the church was cold and dark.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
The pews shattered, smashed and scattered across the floor. And now the rebels are back in control of Syria. How do you feel today?
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
You're Syrian, you're a Christian, you're a woman.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
What is your main worry? Um...
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Just listen to the sound of the city. There's a lightness in the air now. It's so different from the darkness of a decade ago when Syrian forces lay siege to the old city and neighbourhoods nearby.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Dr. Hayan Al-Abrash survived the Old City siege, two years treating patients under fire, underground. Now he's back, for the first time in 10 years. We're going into this empty, charred warehouse now. Dr. Hayan thinks this is... where they had their underground secret makeshift hospital. Going down the stairs, oh, dark, dank, cold, chilling.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
They come down the stairs? Yes. How does it feel?
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
It must have been cold.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
And Syrians gather here at the city's most iconic landmark, the new clock tower. It was here in the spring of 2011 that Syrians gathered for peaceful demonstrations to call for greater freedoms. And now, it's a place of pilgrimage. On one side, I can see women, little girls, some in headscarves, some not, posing for selfies. And around the corner, there's men with guns.
Global News Podcast
Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
This is a snapshot of a new Syria.