did you use to come close in a cruise geo political country? when? oh, you lost the run. starts december 18th, on dw, the business day that we news line from berlin, else's syrian president bashar assad, reportedly finds asylum in moscow after fleeing the revel. takeover and the syrians to celebrate the end of 15 years of the assad families of pressed the rule. feeling what the rebels are calling a new era for the country. also coming south korean president jones. so if you'll, if slapped with a travel band as investigators probe is short lived, the declaration of martial law. the

welcome to the show, i'm the co fairly russian state media saying that allison, the syrian leader of bizarre on the side, has been granted asylum in moscow. after fling his country, his regime collapsed in a lightning rebel offensive that began less than 2 weeks ago. besides, fall has been a cause for widespread celebration across the country and among the syrian diaspora . after almost 25 years under his rule, syrians are beginning to turn their attention towards what rebel leaders say as a new era for their home. busha, a subs exit from syria, came quickly in the in, looters picked through his boss pell us. just hours of that, he flayed to russia with his family, of begging the remains of his regime and celebration, fresh quote for their country and the use of injustice insults, public water and electricity cuts. they thank god. after 50 years,

we were able to remove assaults, families, god willing, syria is moving towards democracy and the rebel forces who toppled aside. have received a hero's welcome and pots of damascus. civilians have joined with soldiers in wide spread celebrations. the man i haven't slipped little since yesterday. i came early in the morning to see the people and expressed joy on behalf of all the mothers of the missing prisoners and masses. my brother was mine, such as all my friends and neighbors on us because the rebels have moved quickly to free thousands of people locked inside a sides notoriously brutal, giles newly released prisoners, asked bystanders in damascus. once it happened. still unaware of the regimes in mid celebrations or the sides full plenty of questions remain about what comes next

for syria. ripple leda and format i'll tell you to a member of the mohamad galani is likely to play a key role. his ribble broke h t s, was instrumental in over throwing a sides regime on sunday, the leader addressed cheering crowds of domestic asses, historical my, you'd mosque this victory. my brothers is a new history for the entire islamic nation. this victory, my brothers is a new history for the region. the prime minister mohammed kazi al jolie has said he will assist with the peaceful transition of palate to a government chosen by the people. but who we have a lead 3 is next chapter faces and the norm as task and unifying the country for now many remain cautiously optimistic about the countries future

going down by the w a reporter goes johan is, who has been following the situation in syria for us, what are you hearing god, the about the security situation of the country right now? right, nicole, it's just 24 hours after what was the biggest day for the syrians in syria and scattered across the world. and now the eyes are on the security situation. thankfully so far we haven't really seen any massive security incidents that affect people. uh, as in like, no killings the violence, but there have been a lot of loadings for example, with shops with supermarkets. so now the question is, who's going to come in and provide the security services that the state was providing before they left the she has, has already been doing this, but they're stretched then at the moment, syria is massive and you know, there's a lot of demand in different parts, there's remote areas which have been particularly affected by this,

but we're gonna have to see how they deal with that. yeah, it's an extremely fluid situation at the moment, right. so is there any clear way to say who's in charge right now? is there as well, everybody's kind of stepped into health at the moment in areas where the us hasn't really established their presence like along the syrian coast. i've heard, for example, from my village that there's been other armed groups have come in, offered their services. they said we're here to help. we don't require anything and return. we just want to help protect people's properties, protect people's homes. so it is in their best interest to kind of make sure nothing goes wrong. and this time people have waited for so long for this moment, and they want to make sure that everything goes smoothly. some of the most striking pictures of the past days were people being released from from prisons from besides notorious prisons. what are you hearing about? who these people are and what their experience has been. it's very emotional right

now with the prisoners re seeing a lot of these videos and you can see in the faces of some of them, the kind of trauma and the horrors that they've endured. there's already been videos of people also from said, now i a prison which is the most notable one. it has been topped the human slaughter house there have been calls to excavate at sites around it, feeling that there is mass graves. so it's a lot of brutality that is now seeing the light of the day, and there's hundreds of families now. at this moment, still at sid naya, waiting to hear is their loved ones are among those released. there's reports that there are still people under ground in tunnels, where they cannot access behind doors that are coded. so the white helmets, which have been a rescue workers working with the off position. they've been deployed, they're, they're spend special units. they're working with ex military, people would know,

you know, where the stores are, where these entrances are, and still there is no news of know anybody being found. so they're still looking and it's still a tense moment, but the families have gathered. there's crowds around the prison and they're just waiting to hear about the fate of their loved ones. the rebels that ended up toppling the assault regime. they're not all one group, right? and, and the situation in syria is notoriously fragmented and complicated. now that the common goal of getting a side out of the way out of the country has been achieved. how big do think the dangers of them turning on each other? right? they have a common enemy and now he's no longer there to unite these groups. you're right about that, but a lot of these groups now have the same common goal of trying to rebuild syria and make sure it's a functional country. that being said, there's still a lot of disagreements, especially between, you know,

the turkey back rebels and the kurdish rebels. so these $3.00 and $3.00 army which is backed by turkey and these are in democratic forces, which have now been looking at other areas and seeing what about our curtis prisoners, what is their fate? and they want to know what happens there. so we'll see how these groups will be able to negotiate and come together. uh, but right now it seems that the focus is still on, you know, finding a way to transition peacefully together. i don't want to let you go, we don't have much time, but i don't want to let you go without asking about the millions of people who were, were displaced as part of the civil war. are many now going to return it's. it's incredible what i've heard from syrians all over the world i've been in contact with, you know, with my friends with people i know. and no one has kind of said that they're not willing to, everybody wants to go back even if just to visit because it's been years that they

haven't seen family, it's been years that they haven't seen their hometown their cities. so everybody's kind of waiting to see when it stabilizes that they can go we, there's already a lot of people returning from 11 on returning from neighboring countries, especially. and many are also waiting to see if there's going to be funding available to rebuild the country. they want to go back and make sure they're working on it as well them so, and i know that you're also planning to visit those guys. jo, honda is thank you so much. syrians here in germany have also been celebrating the end of the assad regime. they were out. 7 on the streets for hours in the capital, berlin on sunday, waving flags used by the syrian opposition or not opposition any more chancing and

honking their horns. germany is home to nearly a 1000000 syrians who slept the silver moore in their home country. around 2015. most of them were granted refugee status. and given the rights to live and work in germany over now to some other stories making headlines around the world. germany's opposition leader has arrived in keys for talk. see those math is set to meet with you. granting president golden were zalinski. his trip comes just days after a visit by german chancellor or f, shots and weeks before possible snap elections in germany were masses. conservatives are leading in the polls. duncan, for the model, taiwan says it has put its military on high alert after detecting dozens of chinese warships and coast guard vessels and waters around the island vision also restricted nearby air space. china claims democratic taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to bring it under its control.

australian police and arse, and attack on a synagogue and male bun is being treated as a terrorist incident. the fire on friday costs significant damage to the building. witnesses told police they had seen people inside the premises for liquid on the floor. police are searching for 3 suspects to thousands of supporters of the bangladesh nationalist party of march toward the indian diplomatic compound. in the capital duck, protesters have been angered by attacks on a bangladesh emission in india and be alleged desecration of bangladesh. he flags. india says it regrets the attacks and will punish those responsible. south korea's justice ministry says a travel that has been imposed on president june. so fuel is under investigation after declaring martial law last week, which was quickly reversed. humans, survived, and impeachment vote in parliament on saturday. but the opposition says it will submit a new impeachment motion against them this week. protests,

those in south korea are losing patience with the president. they want him to resign. peace, a vibe, and between bid and good faith another. so for now, he remains in power but not for a statement from his own dwelling party. it is not clear what was he has the president himself, jo. both i promised to follow the people's demand and leave plans to stabilize state to fast, including his time to the pot to criminal to so eventually pitching. therefore, i believe that will be no confusion in the process of the orderly leave. a treat the treating tongue until the president steps down the prime minister will close the consult to the policy to ensure that the people's livelihood and state if as

a man, i don't, without disruptions, you seem to question on the streets of soul. people are unhappy with the governing parties, compromise solution of withdrawing the president from his duties without a form and in between process done. i support the change of administration through immediate impeachment rather than early an orderly departure . ok, so because when someone come to the crime, that person must be punished. it's a cabinet um and the only punishment is what is the change of power. you know, person tend to get a boy to the opposition party keeps saying impeachment and i just one that what the future generation would say about this is the loyalty. so this might the meta on the sides, korean citizens, or if you just terrible, i feel call that i will get him. we'll use brief attempt to impose miller people on

south korea has damaged the countries reputation as a democracy both at home and abroad. busy so then i'm going to do and it has already ended the carriers will some of his colleagues from a defense minister came young to him, was arrested by the prosecutors special investigative team for his alleged role in imposing martial law. and the indian minister has resigned to as a south go yes, leadership hines and limbo, the opposition party is calling for a new impeachment for in the week. ahead and a quick reminder of our top story before we go. russian state media, se ousted syrian president bashar olive son has arrived in moscow and been granted asylum. variance around the world have been celebrating the end of his family's half century rule after lightning offensive by a rebel forces toppled the machine and you're all up to date of next is doc film looking at life for people with h. i v in ireland were

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