every day, thousands of children are still waiting for the news going through the books today . so together, we can deliver can choose the best to think of, you know, as life from berlin. moscow for answering, president, bush, charl onset, asylum that's according to russian state. medium facade for the syrian capital of damascus, su in rebels seized the city and ransacked his panelist. outside in the street, the syrians are celebrating what rebels are calling a new era for the country. and they are joined by millions of syrians living in an exile around the world from greece to france, the u. k. and here in germany as well, many are saying they'll now return to the homeland after fleeing serious 13 year old. so for the,

i'm aaron told him, thanks for joining us. russian state media say president bus are all a side, has been granted asylum in moscow after flinging his country. this comes after his routine collapse in a whitening rebel offensive that began less than 2 weeks ago. the syrian revel commander abo mohammad. i'll go on. he has been greeted by cheering crowds and damascus. this is dorothy who my musk is. leader of the is on his rebel group. i have to reassure them, also known as h t. s. the group led the offensive against the south regime assad government was backed by russia under on as they are in revels. announced the fall of president bush, all our sons government. video from damascus emerged showing a deserted presidential palace. some people appear to be alluding items,

including tvs. well armed men and civilians, room deserted hallways and rooms that once belonged to the i was the president and his father before him. the assault family has ruled syria for more than half a century. well, how much great day is d, w as bureau chief from the root? he travelled from the lebanese capital to the syrian border today and spoke to people there. earlier, i asked them what people are hoping for now that assad's rule is over. yes, it's. it's indeed a very emotional time for housing of the syrians here in dublin and, but also for many, many live. and he's who support the syrian uprising and detestable charlotte. i thought that today was a choice of the for them as. busy housing is ophelia and celebrated the downfall of the wood g. a. we sold that many of them in troops on. busy the way to the syrian

border here to give it to the syrian border here. and, you know, we talked to lots of them, we've been in mind and they will share the same feelings of happiness and joy and that you know of the wish. but i'm thinking that they want to go back to their hometown and we build their country. and as they said, they want to rebuild the country that is not corrupt. and that is not ruled by a dictator. that's what they told us here. and that, that they said that this is a moment that they, i've been waiting for a long uh to, to see, to see now we've been seeing some of the products that you were able to shoot in syria today. what else can you tell us about your journey there? or yeah, so this is indeed an exception of the day and seen and they would, they would was a ghost town this morning. but as we made our way to the boot damascus

highway as we close. so we approached to the syrian border beats, the more crowded, the c a became the cost, the so many syrians were just dancing and groping by the sidewalk, celebrating the downfall of which he adds the you know, many of them made their way here to where the the, the but he's seeing crossing and, and many of them thousands of them use that made their way back home and i was able to briefly go inside sir. yeah. to just look, look at the scene. and so yeah, i went back here to my position and as you were seeing there, this is an exceptional day for many people in the one that they've been waiting for for over a decade. so what exactly was the atmosphere like inside of syria? of the? yeah, it really depends on who you ask uh many, many off of the people that we spoke to are very happy about going back to sooner.

yeah. going back to their home hometown. uh, i bought the others and we've seen on the other side of the road. so basically crossing from the seal. yeah. towards the been on there just fleeing the latest events in syria. they were worried they had the kids and you know, the elderly family members and they were uncertain about what was happening and they just want to come here. others were just grouping on the ease uh on the bodies side of the border. they're very happy about the doubtful aside, but they don't, once he gets to go back home because, you know they're left with uncertainty. they want to make sure that, that the next phase and syria will look much, much brighter, and call them up for them before they go back home. and of course, this is a joyous day for some, but at the same time, tensions remain. we've seen reports the lebanese army has sent additional troops to lebanese during border. what exactly is behind that move?

yes, so the bodies army wanted to be prepared for the k o. so that might be generated on the influx of thousands of the syrians. that was the uh, the syrian border, just like what happened that today either uh, you know, uh, crossing from lebanon to see a or the other way around the been east harm you wanted to deal with that. busy k, us uh, already and uh, you know, the army is going to been, he's army was very worried about the collapse, the rapid collapse of the seal, the machine forces on the other side of the a border. and as, as the rebels, the militant troubles over the but he's on the wanted to make sure that it's. busy you know, these, these border are safe. and where does this leave the many syrians living in lebanon? is there any sign that they will choose to go back? well, it's good. again, it depends on who you ask thousands of, uh,

the syrians here and depend on already made their way back home. we've seen them this morning. we've talked to many of them. others are just waiting here and up and on. they want to come back and one point in the future, of course, spot their, you know, they want to make sure that there is a livelihood in c, r. yeah, that'd be events will settle and they feel secure to come back home at at one point or another. right. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. that was d. w as well. how much weight to reporting from the lebanese border with syria? thank you very much for that update here in germany, syrians and exile are also celebrating the end of the sod regime, the berlin, they've been out on the streets for hours waving flags used by the searing opposition chanting and hockey and horns. germany is home is nearly a 1000000 syrians for, for the civil war and their home country in 2015. most of the more granted refugee status and given the right to live and work here the

during these terms, what with offshore, it says, welcome to fall of the assad regime in syria and offer berlin's help to stabilize the warrant or in the country. are quite a steam, does i tell us today we stand with all the series who are looking with great hope to free and safe, syria, whether they live in syria or abroad. all of them in recent days have been following all of the events. you're also interested in most closely due to the whole thing, so beyond hope that they will now have an opportunity to, to rebuild their countries and set to upon the path of reconciliation. how folks on many legal don't just have hopes, but haven't worries as well. if they are wondering how things will continue because

they are radical and extreme is unknown off on the internet and search it up. what's important is that the syrians be able to live under law and order, and that law and order are in place on the fall of their religious communities. all of the ethnic minorities must be protected to them most and lead mendota syrians must be able to live a life and dignity and self determination message. we will measure the next image government on all this. what is the significance for the future of syria, a territorial and rich haggerty in serenity and this i'm no, no country can be the backyard of another country. the illegal involvement of other countries must and before send syria must have been released with its nation with its neighbors. and whether it be useful if the transmission and this combined a political solution of the conflict in syria. these are possible combined together

with international partners and on the basis of the to you and security council resolution, germany will make its contribution to this. thank you. this and dw chief political editor miss alex is now was listening to the statement from german john, so it will show its on the situation in syria. so, michelle, what exactly do you make of stroke to statement? what was very interesting, go very does more than what he already said in audio written statement, which was on x. it was posted also online. and essentially he said it was good news that the assad regime has been toppled. but also course, and that rules little would now have to return to the country and also that they needed to be an inclusive society with people of all kinds of religions and backgrounds, finding a home that. and this, of course, is alluding to an idea you end resolution $55.00 to $4.00, which is a cause for negotiated the government and negotiated settlement,

which was then the conflicts more than a decade ago during the hour of spring. so, and really it is of a point 04, syria and it's the demons also saying that germany will support leaving wide open what kind of support that will be the end. but of course it fits with a vague commit. what we've already seen from was that f one to 9, the you commission president who's saying yes, we will support a new syria, but the conditions will apply and that's the sure will be conditions of democracy, human rights, but also stability in the region. now we are of course, in election season here in germany and jeremy was one of the main destinations for syrian refugees in the last years. do you see today's events having an effect on the election campaign moving forward, opposite me a currently, these elections are expected to be on the 23rd of february. they are very much taking place over the economy right now to them. and these economic data has been

pointing downward for quite some time. and this is also something where the opposition, conservative cd policy and etc definitely they should math see the strong point. now with syria, the end, the particular the i subject team having been taught called with so many people fled from more than a 1000000 refugees from syria alone here in germany. and that will push the issue of migration to the full ground. again, that will be driven by the fall right else into, for germany here in germany who are expected to make this a key issue. also the one issue, they continued to score on with the vases and which has been a source of strength for the rise of the fall, right, if the party since 2015. so some more than the 1000000 syrians came here. so we will now see an effect on the elections or assault on the price. so what will be his next step? what will it mean for these migraines has been here for almost a decade now? these refugees, will there be some kind of messes to get people to move back?

certainly the fall right for be pushing an agenda of re migration in, in, in quotes which is a buzz, was that so a very different election campaign and also she was implications on the stability of the european union with fonts of coal school. so struggling to provide exactly that stability in the face of adult trump, to presidency on january the 20th. and final question, know the where does this leave the european union when it comes to their influence in the region? we've talked previously about maybe this could expand um the, the role of turkey in the region. does this change the calculations for the e and moving forward that comes in at east point sent me and potentially weakens the voice of, of the e you, although we saw in monitoring my call meeting with donald trump. they certainly spoke about new crane, but attention will now be deflected to that particular region again. and it will be once again putting pressure on the europeans to find

a common foreign policy line that they so struggled to have on many key issues in the world. one thing is for so the americans will not take care of this. they will not be in the leave. that's something donald trump has already rolled out. so the feels might see more responsibility, potentially also a financial response of the responsibility coming the way with and then bold and strengthened, tacky as a neighbor right, that was due to be cheap for the quieter missouri. trish now thank you very much for your analysis and here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you with as our people in siri are celebrating the collapse with regime of present bizarre, all sorts following a lightning revel offensive in the country. the capital of damascus has been seized by a coalition of opposition groups. assault has reportedly flagged damascus and is now in moscow where he has been granted asylum.

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