this is my next tech. this has to check the bag. so you're planning a trip to make sure you miss nothing about is on the w travel. i hope you enjoy the trip here as much as i did about you. what's your opinion? feel free to write your thoughts and the comments. this is dw news live from berlin. syrian rebels make their 1st public statement after seizing damascus. multiple sources say president sharla salt has flipped the capital city. people are celebrating. what rebels are calling a new era for the country? serious prime minister says he's ready to assist with a peaceful transfer of government. the

mariana evans, dean is good to have you with us. we begin in syria where the regime of president, bashar al assad has collapsed after a lightning rebel offensive the began less than 2 weeks ago. the capital damascus has been seized by a coalition of opposition groups led by the islamist high. yeah, it's tough fear l. sean, also known as h t. yes. they are celebrations in the streets of the capital and across syria. a solid has reportedly flynn damascus and is now in an unknown location. long time ally, russia says assad has resigned and had given instructions for a peaceful transfer of power. the russian for ministry said it did not know his whereabouts. let's now take a look at how events unfolded over the last few hours on saturday night regional leaders and best a lot sides ally,

russia held an emergency meeting about syria. and uh huh. but it appears the country site was already sealed. i want to get all my dear brothers, we are living the final moments of liberating homes by god's will. this is a historic moment that would distinguish between right and wrong. a lot of shortly after the rebel alliance released the statement. 7 rebels declared the central city of homes fully liberated to the joy of pressure by law sides opponents . the damascus was next, and the rebel alliance faced hardly any resistance, a band and syrian army checkpoints, foreboding the big announcement. by the grace of god, the city of damascus was liberated. the tyrant, special aside was over the throne and all oppressed detainees were released from

the regimes. prisons, the damascus conquests operations room calls on the merchant, dean brothers, and the citizens, to preserve all the property of the free syrian state. long live a free and proud syria for all syrians of all religions. these are the as the rebels in the sub pool to celebrate at the triumphs and damascus. serious prime minister said he was still in the capital and willing to work with anyone to ensure a smooth transition of power. well, i know who i am here in my house. i have not left it and i do not intend to leave it except in a peaceful manner so that i can ensure the continuity of the work of public institutions and state institutions and facilities, and ensure there will be security and reassurance as to our fellow citizens i hope that everyone will think rational ali and think about their homeland and country

one who will be better. so now on the streets of damascus and other syrian towns and cities, rational thinking appears to be taking a backseat to rule and motion as assets. opponents celebrate the end of his 20 full year long author retiree, enrolled well, a short while ago, another syrian reval commander appeared on states television, which is now under the control of the insurgents. and she assured minority communities in syria that opposition fighters would work to create and inclusive syria, in which all were welcome. that's nothing what jerry said, that we're sending a message to all the religions of syria. we tell them that syria is for everyone, no exceptions. between syria's for julia sunny's, although it's an old belief that we will not deal with people the way the assad

family did and one us the body of it. earlier i spoke to roger shy shanahan in sydney. he's a middle east analyst and a former army officer who served with the un in south lebanon and syria. and i asked him what kind of governance we could expect from the rubble of coalition lead by h t. s. as exactly as easy to $12000.00 question after the you for you, it's the doubtful of the sawgrass shane passes. then the difficult part of how you actually govern syria is done to confront everybody. and part of that is rewarding the constitution. and in particular, what laws hold either, the land obviously is going to be a combination of existing laws, but also the new laws that new governing power, whoever that is um wants to bring in. so the theories google has been easily mis change to it exactly what that means in practice. that everybody be

waiting to say, well, we have heard the rebels say they're not looking for revenge. and they've also promised to respect to syria's minorities. but we know that many syrian christians and also allow we support of the sod regime. so can they can be as minorities and other minority groups rely on the promises by the rebels. again next uh that's something that everybody is going to find out in the coming weeks, months and possibly i use certainly the track record as high target y'all's job and i live in my hotel. giovanni would indicate that there is a coordination of people and how power is distributed amongst those people at the moment designing everybody will be respected. that way . that means everybody will be trained equally and have equal access to political

power. that remains to be seen. but certainly it's reasonable to ask questions about how it is the most organization is going to be able to rule practically at uh with the quality for everybody within the country. as we've heard, the us pentagon warned that this chaotic and the very dynamic circumstances in syria right now could possibly allow isis to reassert itself. what's your assessment well is let me state is being severely degraded, right. talking about a couple of 1000 operators. is there somebody still in syria or in the syrian desert areas and the united states and it's a certain democratic force allies had things working in an anti islamic state

mission at the moment, recent kind of what's going on in syria? i at the moment. uh, it's a possible, it's possible that focuses shifted somewhat and obviously groups like islamic site at thrive in areas that like governance. it's uh from the central government. so it's possible that he's let me start, we'll get some more afraid of eviction for a period of time. we're also getting reports of 11 on has sent troops to reinforce as border with syria. and also israel has sent forces to its border at the golan heights. one is the broader regional impacts of the fall of the sod regime. full a guy in everybody's quite nervous about exactly what this means at the moment. uh, in the yeah. hours since uh, the sunrise yang haze. full and uh the right messages are certainly being sent out

. and we saw before that the searing prime minister is still in place. the syrian government institutions are still running and they'll be some period of transition. exactly what that will look like. we're not sure. um, so until we know what that means, the originally implications as still being sorted out. but we already know at the moment that is a to be belie floor or writing an interest in syria and the region, and also russian interests not any in syria but in the middle east as well. so there's already ramifications occurring in the earliest days that was roger r shanahan, a middle east analyst, and a former army officer with the when well, a summer mohammed is a journalist based income, usually a city in northeastern serious curtis region. a short time ago,

i asked him to tell us more about reports that rebels were attacking kurdish forces . thanks for having b. yeah, that is kind of closer is hoping you can, you know, in the deals language and around just city to this collections have been happening during the last couple of days. there is somebody those who are not who are not under the control or under the umbrella of it's d. c. and the old version room baggins city and region are taking mandate. and um, there was a media statement to the from the image, i will try. you also mentioned a bodies as a board of the turkish or forces. and this to uh, to increase the bugs versus have interest the was their status to quit of old men bridge city and was, are meant vehicles a quick move overall just to quit. and then the men bitch mystery council

could push them back to know there is havi clutches happening between of the members a middle tree console and the as the turkish bag forces in the countryside or false members of the coalition until no, they did then to give any clear statement if they get us of board as the if the monday or not. and us, you know, the russians and the city of the city and redeem, we use the word pull out from the front lines to between the, the tories about forces and is the scenes 2 weeks ago. we've been seeing many syrians, both inside the country and also outside of syria, celebrating the fall of the assad regime, a very brutal regime. how did people feel where you are? how do the kurdish minority in syria look at the developments of the last 12 days

and the future to well, the codes are really happy. it's a historical moment for all of them because have been waiting for this movement for a long time ago. it smelled because of the shuttle. i said this was because of the gene themselves. the system, the bus region was really, really crucial for the codes of the codes heavy and suffering during the dictates from this region. i know they seem to, there is a chance for freedom that is chose to have the other rights. despite that, maybe in the future there are gonna be some kind of, you know, like conflict or fighting go to collections between it's the c and the sds. but uh, as the mentioned already that they are open for any kind of negotiations and took so with the other forces in syria codes are really happy. today. they, they are in the streets celebrating does in singing and damaging only the

to the uh, states use of both bicycles. how does the, like i said before the add this on buffalo setting in conversely, on the and has it got there are of course still many unknowns and many challenges facing syria and it's future direction. do you believe that a peaceful transition as possible? i in my point of view it's, it's possible to use this phrase, which is a nothing happened for years and years unsolved. only yours and yours happening if you these. so maybe the few coming days going to be the hope, the future, the piece for all the see again, people. and i think there is a chance either the international community with the regional countries try to heavy deal a trance formation terms. formal a deal between, let's see,

is vs. and that's d. c. then all the, the saw furnace of the city and people will and, and everybody, you know, like all of this size you will be, and i have, i have isn't journal is to assign them a homage income, usually in northeastern syria, osama, we thank you so much for sharing all of your insights and your perspective. thanks for you. i'm here in germany, syrians and exile are also celebrating the end of the a sod regime in berlin. they've been out on the streets for hours waving flags used by the searing opposition chanting and honking horns. germany is home to nearly a 1000000 syrians who fled to civil war and their home country in 2015. most of them were granted refugee status and given the right to live and work here.

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