‘Crying for joy’: Syria marks one year since fall of Assad | The World | ABC NEWS
Celebrations are underway in Syria’s capital to celebrate a year since the fall of the Assad regime. In December last year, dictator Bashar Al-Assad was toppled by Islamist rebels, bringing an end to nearly 14 years of civil war, but families across Syria are still trying to rebuild. Human rights advocate and director for detainee affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force Omar Alshogre spoke to The World’s Girish Sawlani about the feeling among Syrians as they mark the occasion.
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