the and the pacific. in the final episode of the serious challenges there explores how the bits of fights for the french empire still resonates today. imagine tis french, the colonization on out is there on the mountain. the men in syria off the opposition forces topple, president bush, all outside the ending his 24 year old. the i money inside this is out. is there a life from? don't all or so coming off i side and his family and now in the russian capital must go where they've been prompted. assigned to you as president hales alfonze, full cooling it, active justice and a historical opportunity for the syrians to build

a better future. and we will reveal the inhumane conditions in syria's most notorious presence, where some detainees are still on the account, the where you begin with the full of the outside regime and sorry, you know if the 24 years of fashion allow subs rule 1st, teen years off to the syrian revolution and hundreds of thousands of syrians killed during moving a decade of civil war. and has been a day now since opposition forces took control of the syrian capital, damascus. i saw that in his family have fled to moscow where they've been granted. assign him to salute begins on coverage for new era, for syria. after more than 50 years of the essence family rule, often vision sliders have taken control of the country. and the man behind it all

the leader of height of the city to sham some of the shudder, also known as i won't have mothers. lenny emerged victorious wood while speaking at the historic emma we lost in the old city of damascus. he said, the real victory is for all syrians to die, syria is cleans it rid itself of this vile rising. this victory was not at a low price. it is the result of the sacrifice of the full amount of this regime hasn't present thousands of its own citizens unjustly. and without any crime, we have the rightful owners of this land. and today we are rewarded with this victory on the streets of damascus celebrations. seen and heard across the capital along with the release of prisoners after years of detention under a said,

they now walk free and people swarmed the presidential palace in wester, damascus, an image that was only thinkable just a few days ago. after taking over se television opposition forces have this message for the syrian people, the, the city of damascus has been liberated the tyrant, the shore allah side has been toppled. all the prisoners have been released from the prison of damascus. we wish that all are fighters and citizens preserve and maintain the property of the state of syria. long live syria. on sunday, syria's prime minister addressed the nation from his home, urging the opposition to ensure an orderly transition on number 3. and then we're extending our hands even to the opposition who are ready, reach out to us and gave us assurances they will not cause any harm to any citizen who belongs to the cereal of ours to dislike the historic series of events. the

world is now lift, wondering what's next for the syrian people to send food and just of desire. as russell said, as in damascus, where he gained access to the presidential palace, we are at the presidential palace in damascus, where assad comedy has ruled over syria. for becky, this is the political gate off the palace. so somebody has been receiving the ip guess the state dignitaries through this gate. and now this palace of the present, bishop, i said, or for syria and leaving the country and going to moscow and offered the position fight this taken over to the capital. they have rushed into this palace and now it is fully under the control. i was just the, just in the protocol whole and seen the fight to still being here. now they do not want to be shown on the camera due to the security concerns. now you can see that

there are still of the broken glasses over here that happen when they have stormed into the palace on 7th or off of december. but on the other hand, we see that there is height measures in the mass cuz the security forces of the positions are everywhere. there are several check points. and of course, the power to cause the electricity, the lights are turned off. and it's not just because of the lack of the resources, but they're seeing that as well as being some, all scores off off of the capital of damascus. and due to the security reasons they are keeping the, the, the, the lice off. so this is the protocol whole, you can see that the rock carter over here. so for decades the said the, the thought somebody had been receiving their uh, the ip. yes we have. and the here you can see this is one of the menus actually have just seen it is, is from 2009 when the philippines president was to damascus. this is the menu for,

for, for, for, for the dinner. well this is how this was happening, or 7th of december the, the leader of the issue. yes. level position that has taken over the control of the mask is mohammed drum and it has risen to damascus. and that that was a historic moment. he directly went to may of most and you also delivered us the page and called him on the cmc. and that is a historic moment, not only for syria, but for the whole region seen be when you are coming to the mass. because you're feeling that this is a stories norman, u z, the syrians, i know, living in a different reality. there is no pressure unless there is no opposite. i said there is no assad, somebody who has ruled over syria for 54 years, but the rather the position and fight is coming from all across the country. this you said that i'll just go to damascus about you all outside and his family. and

now in moscow, you yet ship of love, a has moved from most go on rushes, involvement, and assets. movements. it was the syrian president bush on either side of his family members have arrived at most, asked the russian authorities have gone to the police. the asylum assembled allegedly about 2 inches by row sheet plain from a russian base in the top here. this you are in a position as opposed to the guarantees the security over from issue basis in natasha and talk to as well as diploma technicians in the country. so while the opposition is series fully a transitional source, he rushes requested emergency consultations with the july security council, the situation see where we should take place. on monday, december, the 9th, the rational source is considered necessary to resume the case ations on a supplements in syria under the one supervision. now, as life has been removed from this, you are an embassy in moscow, and she has an old policy, is to manage,

should peaceful transitional power. using political means, curious to see where it was. russia's tongue is aligned to release the pressure to have a naval base and talk to and the patient's, my media laptops here in exchange for breakfast clips. so under the tree support, and that's the most piece. it's naval base and tom sees would trust. sorry, it's masters to previous to the non and central african republic. according to to the statement by before and ministry, the ministry personnel at diversity bases and see where our honda. but the reason i see where the trip to the safety and there is no money at the bases on the dash of the i'll just be wrapped most of the united states has hail the full of president bush. alas, as regime and cold for him to be held accountable, president joe biden says, washington will work with syrian groups to establish a transition, but wound if possible, risks i had. a long last shod regina's phone. this

regime brutalize in tortures and kills literally hundreds of thousands of innocent series of fathers is a fundamental lack of justice to moment of historic opportunity for long suffering . people with syria to build a better future for the proud country is also a moment of risk and uncertain. as we're all turn into the question of what comes next, united states will work with our partners and stakeholders in syria top of sees an opportunity to manage the risk. meanwhile, us military forces have carried out as strikes on ice will targets in syria. us central come on says they had thousands of iso targets, including camps and operatives. general michael carrillo wound that this. the country will continue its mission to defeat the group and stop taking advantage of the current situation. audio customer has moved from washington. the president joe

biden addressed the situation from the white house, saying that this was a moment of both opportunity and risk in syria. he said that the us is at harton, that opposition leaders are saying the right words at this moment promising a future government that is inclusive, that this perhaps even water it however, the us will be watching to see if those words turn into action and bite in saying that if this is a peaceful transfer of power led by the syrian people, eventually us could pledge humanitarian aid to rebuild the country. but of course, this is all taken with a grain of salt, because biden is leading office in just over a months time. an incoming president elect donald trump, has said that he wants the us to be hands off of syria. but in the meantime, us secretary of state antony blinking, promising that the us would stand in support of the searing people saying that they finally have a reason for hope. knew well,

as we're hearing these words of encouragement, we're also seeing acts of military strength from the us. of course, there 900 us troops stationed in syria, and on the same day that assad fled the country, the u. s. air force launched as a targeted air strikes against 75 targets linked to ice. so this is according to a statement from us central command. these were iso camps and offered as was damage assessments underway. no reports of civilian casualties involved and the timing of the strikes on the same day that aside felt cannot be more stark. with the message directly given as a warning to the new leaders potential leaders of syria. at coming as a statement from the sent cut commander sent com commander michael carrillo saying, all organizations in syria should know that we the us will hold them accountable. if they partner or support i, so in any way maintaining my i soul and containing its influence. it's

a top priority for the us reporting from washington, heidi to castro, out to 0. to was there any special, allow sizeable tens of thousands of people who oppose the government were imprisoned in some even forcibly disappeared. of feet in the torres said, now a prison in damascus. many were taken on the ground into cells known as the red wing. people have been digging by flashlight over nights in order to free inmates held on the ground, specialize teams from the white helmets organization have now arrived instead, naya in search of detainees who might be held in hidden sellers. the, these are the scenes at the prison as inmates was allowed to free, as is emerged from over the crowd in sales. some shock of the use as imprisonment exercise of which has more they run is free man for the 1st time

in years escaping the confines of serious prisoners. the across serious scenes of liberation as thousands emerged from detention centers, leaving facilities that have been described as human slaughter, houses address sides. becky, as long rule that many activists have called a kingdom of silence. they are among thousands of individuals. the rest, as for opposing president assad during and since the 2011 uprising obviously was just the number i have been missing my family, things i'm dead. they don't know anything about me. there are many people who have been missing for many years. they were prisoners with me, who were 60 and 70 years old. the mass release follows us with defensive by opposition. groups will cease control of government, strong coals, a level, hama,

and homes, ultimately capturing damascus and the assaults rule. for years, the un documented systematic torture and abuse in more than 100 detention centers among them sitting by a prison. the most notorious amnesty international says thousands were killed there in the mess hangings and secret executions survivors report overcrowded cells in widespread torture with pipes and electric shocks. many died from preventable medical conditions and their families never learned their face. i know he was up too much. we are in the middle of damascus. i swear to god. our execution was supposed to be today. just half an hour ago. 54 of us were going to be excused today for kansas families who have waited years for use that they're missing loved ones. they are released, springs, bold hope and anguish with the present gates. finally, open sea road will have to come to terms with some of the darkest secrets of their

machines, brutality. and with the ones that may never hill axles, i much out is 0 to morrow, a shoulder. it was arrested for protesting when he was 15 years old. he says he experienced brutality trying to survive in prison for 3 years. under torture, i was forced to get a false confessions that was that i killed officers and have weapons and i spied through the us and i was tied to and these ram. but that's, you know, false confessions you've given it to what you because you want the pain to stop. however, when i met the judge for around 3 to 4 seconds, with my eyes blindfolded and my hands tied behind my back and not seeing the judge, he asked me, what's your name? how many have you killed? i said none, and he said leave the room then i was sentenced execution. luckily he i was smuggled on makes occasion day because i had the most wonderful mother you could

ever imagine in the story that system doesn't exist. it's an intelligent services that run every corner of the country. there is no such thing as justice. if the judge doesn't like your hair color, it gets sent and see the execution. you're talking about the system. when the machine has to give a 1000000 people, what women were raved and they give birth to children in so under the ground that the kids live for a few years without seeing the sun or the light or a tree or a bird. there is no such thing as just as when it comes to the to the regime of the show side. so when i go to, when they took me to the judge, i didn't expect anything else. i didn't expect him to hear my story. he gave me 34 seconds to say my name and say the word. no. and he didn't even care about that, because under my false compression on the torture, i was forced to see that i killed and list number of officers, even though it's time the boy still ahead on out. is there a basis in gone?

i've spoken will tell you who on the presidential and call them into the or the while the skies of those hazy that could be the sun is predominant throughout to the radium plants. you're right up to most live and then a bit different when you get to talk to you here. once again, the circulation is bringing some heavy rain to grease. we might do the same to west and talk to you. but with the some of the breeze this time move up to about 17 degrees or size of the code. and the other is that one the ground to the high false a central and eastern talk to you. the sun will be shining upon it and probably to some full going on. otherwise, it's a pretty little picture. it's, it's sunny in the sky is attempted to come up a little bit still tease into admittedly, or from the coast right across to was bang data for up to $26.00 here. if you're lucky, then because it cools down to good in the high grand you me wrong like charles,

maybe nothing much beyond that. and sunshine predominated increasing breeze lightly down the golf. i think during tuesdays or $25.00 and max and q 8 and o ha was that the system would not strong the north of the equator, anywhere it after narrow slides be dry. one or 2 shows may be in. can you still halting south sedan? juba is 41, is 5 above average, that's the system or the next couple days as well. i think there is significant rain knocking time. she's back in about. swan are where it's being particularly hot . recently and same is true around joe. but that would be sundry shows. the

the dorothy out is there a mind of the top stories special outside as in moscow where he's been grown said asylum. serious president fled as opposition. sizes took over damascus and all the major cities ending 24 years in power. a wrong foreign minister says he's received assurances regarding the security of a wrong diplomatic buildings. and she is religious sites in syria speaking to rainy

and media boss. so rob tree said it was surprising that the syrian army could not counter the all positions advances to start him on that system all you, it's a lot of our friends and the intelligence and security systems are both iran and syria. were fully aware of ongoing movements in and around and lived in the old, relevant information had been transferred to the syrian government and the syrian army, or they themselves had information which we also received from them along with photos and other details of what was surprising was the inability of the syrian army to account of these moves and the speed of developments, powell, i'm one of them all falling how best our interaction with the serial position depends on the behavior. what policy will they adopts towards around what policy will they have to watch? c, as in syria, what will be the distance between them and israel, the distance between them and terrace groups. all of this we will consider for the full of basher, our last side, iran will now be forced to reconsider its position in the middle east dosage. a bar has you have to move towards is the outside regime in syria has been iran

consistent allies since the 1979 revolutions. as such. tyrone has seen the survival of the syrian government as being crucial to its interest. since syria provides a vital thoroughfare to hezbollah, 11 on iran, revolutionary guards has described syria as their own. 35th province, that recent events which led to the downfall of the sad regime show a remarkable shift. in this longstanding relationship, syria was once you're on the closest air of ally, so, but now it appears everything tyrone had built and fought to preserve for 40 years to make it its main foothold in the arab world has been lost. last may, the late, the reigning president, abraham bray, you see made a rare visit to damascus during which he reiterate to its r. ron's continuing support for us on promises were made to help rebuild the country after 13 years of civil war. but now the axis of resistance that iran has

formed with its allies 11 on the pulse, city and territories, syria, iraq and human has been weakened, making israel, the dominant force in the region while you're on the other p. ally. hezbollah has been battered after an intense period of fighting with israel and loving on syria was a crucial passageway for a wrong to supply hezbollah with money, weapons, and trading. political diplomatic logistical support. that is no longer the case. the iran deployed commanders and troops to syria in 2012. the start of the anti government uprising, helping to defeat both the opponents of the outside regime. and these lumnick state group, according to officials into her on the costs, was hard with thousands of members of the revolutionary guard killed a new, the $50000000000.00 spent to ensure assets, survival error owns for administer, a boss out of g who has traveled to damascus baghdad and doha, for consultations on syria. and although he at 1st struck the fight,

it towed the leader set the short list that's page would be left to god's will. he was one of the last officials to see a side during his final days and power. yet another concern for iran was israel's threat to, to attack any mobilization of arabian troops in syria to flights by private, radiant airline on route to damascus. were turned around this past week after warnings by israel that it would shoot them down if they entered sir an aerospace, according to arrange an ad is rarely official. israel said the flights were transferring weapons as well, and the sad regime had been described as their rounds right and left wings with both. now having been clipped. it's not clear how to iran will deal with a new reality of which we can position in the region door. so safari, alpha 0, a psyche, it has the largest number of syrian refugees, many have sold safety that off to sling the civil war in 2011. the full of

president bush, all law says regime is a turning point that has fault when you debates about the future of refugees on whether they can return home, send them cuz the only reports from has a net ticket is folder with syria. they chanted freedom outside the syrian consulate in a symbol. syrians into a kid had just learned a news. prison push oral assault had been now said in damascus was now in the hands of the opposition fighters. ceilings poured into the stories of his stumble and cities across through kit, celebrating the long awaited victory they had dreamed of for more than a decade. today is a day of joy. i don't know how to express this feeling. there was fear inside us. now there's no more fear we are no in. and you'll say, speaking at the donor form and cuts are the circus for in this, or how confident representing the country hosting,

the largest number of syrian refugees that millions of display series can now return to their country. and he called for unity. it is time to unite and reconstruct the country. today we call on all actors in and outside the region to act with prudence and come and to refrain from steps desktop for the beast of allies, the region. the territorial integrity and units of syria must be preserved system to one to 2 into 3 more than 160000 syrians living in to get have return to serial . on a voluntary basis, we are in a neighbor who's in house. i was syrians 1st, so the refuge after please the civil war in 2011, having in, during the years of conflict and the, the station of the 2023 earthquake. many here say they're willing to go back home, or they will so worried about the future after the full of

a set up to off on from the has lived in turkey for 11 years. it has a reason for return, the killing joelyn lose. my father has been in jail in syria for 13 years. we don't know his crime or if he's even alive, his prison has been storm in all the inmates were let go. much is syria improves us . we may return, i don't know, but also i was raised in turkey, syria is still my home. so what's the thought originally from a level runs of business in this neighborhood? moved by the capture of the capital damascus. he says he's determined to go. no, yeah, hold on, we will let turn soon may be in weeks. the key was come to us and we are great. but we want to go back city as i'm stable and officers must we establish old to serial position may have asked for the saw. but for trick in the presence of curtis y, p g fighters in northeast and syria poses an immediate threat to its territory of integrity

to build by us support for potential hold on. i mean the future of syria will not depend on it. so young generation and see you in reference to steven took, you will want to have a par in that scene up to solar elda 0 outside on to, to syria border. and so, i'm syrians and living across europe, have been celebrating the end of us as well. from london to brussels to be caress the scenes of cuba. busy i shouldn't have been repeated out of there as hush. i'm a bar reports now from the romanian capital. the generation among the syrian guys for rain you it wasn't even day like in germany before they took to the streets, waiving the distinctive green and black flag of the opposition. thousands of syria is live and work in germany, many of winding in 2015. when then jim and chancellor ungrammatical opened the

borders to those political pression on who now. but i, i see is that i am in the dorm neck when i am in my confidence in my home with my you goes there and with my, i'm done with all my family that they got the on the street. so the car is the remaining and capital joy of that face is clear to see has been use of president as that's full spread. like why 5 this day i had my coffee, my home that i have a new syria and i promise my chest that we wouldn't have a good future to go to and our country's back home. yeah there's, here's the day the serial community in london raised the vein and when to voice that appreciation of the move dentist events taking place nearly 5000 kilometers away. us in quoted, this moment,

sense more than 50 years seems that we're with the to the brussels and in paris. the swiftness of the rebel as the balance of the removal of a sudden i said that he took many by surprise, but the reaction of the cereals and advice is too clear to see. now the question is, what happens that customer of our lives is 0 because of the now the news is rarely as drugs have continued to target areas across the gaza strip. these are the scenes often a talkative park and calls the city. at least 5 people were killed. several others injured and 44000 people have been killed since israel's will began. event. here we go. taiwan ministry is on the highlight. us off the china sent warships around beyond and coast moves indicate that china is beginning

a new round of ministry drills in the area. so i want coast called says 7 chinese ships have been carrying out gray zone harassments. and since early on monday and have launched, conduct readiness drills in response to the actions. beijing as hell, 2 rounds of new games around tie one this year on this former president and john jermanti mahatma, has secured another time in office. the governing and peas, candidate conceded defeat inside today's presidential election, just hours off the vote counting began. the old position in dc policy one can vis convincing they as an interest reports from the capital of to attend snyder, participation in gonna, the vice president and governing n p. p. candidate mobile do by with the knowledge defeat, insight to this presentation for the people of gun i have spoke people have voted for cheese.