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hello, i'm terry morrison. good to have you with us. the russian government has granted political asylum to austin. syrian leader by shaw allows thought he fled the country after his regime collapse and a lightning revel offensive that began less than 2 weeks ago. besides, paul has been a cause for widespread celebration across the country. and among the syria in the hospital for almost 25 years under his rule, syrians are beginning to turn their attention toward what rebel leaders say is a new era for their homeland busha, a subs exit from syria, came quickly in the in looters picked through his boss palace just hours after he flayed to russia with his family, of begging the remains of his regime. and celebration, fresh quote for their country comes the use of injustice insults, public water and electricity cuts. they thank god,

after 50 years we were able to remove assaults, families go to 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 fall, i haven't slept little since yesterday. i came early in the morning to see the people in express joy on behalf of all the mothers of the missing prisoners and matches. 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. wanted to happened. still unaware of the regimes in mid celebrations or the assad full plenty of questions remain about what comes next

for syria. ripple leda and format. i'll tell you, the member mohammed l 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 is law mc nation. this victory, my brothers is a new history for the region. the prime minister mohammed kazi alger loudly 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. crowds

have begun to sending on said no, i a prison on the outskirts of damascus. desperate to learn the fate of loved ones, the notorious military complex was used to detain tens of thousands of people who fell a file of the syrian regime over the decades. a warning, some viewers may find some of the images in this report distressing. so it's about rushing to see their loved ones, thousands of people, storm serious, most famous prison, near damascus. the many of those contact with family members over the years without knowing their fate and clinging to help. i just found my brother, it's been 6, he is human rights groups estimate, 30000 people were killed in this prison alone. it was nicknamed the human slaughter

house by amnesty international. under now was the president bush. charlotte sat, tens of thousands of syrians disappeared into the country's network of prisons. the slightest suspicion of defense could result in incarceration. for many, it would also mean torture and death when bum uh. in 2013 thousands of photos of victims were smuggled out of syria. they are known as the cesar photos approve of human rights abuses under a set as hopes for a new era as well. many say it would be hard to forget crimes be a set family committed against so many of their own people vs jobs. they work from the machine, we only receive pain and torture from them. free prisoners are joining the crowds from the streets of damascus. but for many families,

there is still an agonizing wait, have to find out whether their loved ones are still alive. andrews sinclair is a senior advisor of the center for global security and stabilization with the texas group in washington dc. i asked him to give us his assessment of the security situation in serial. now. thank you, terry. i mean look opposition. forces have completed in less than 2 weeks what they were unable to accomplish in 13 years since this uprising against side began and it was accomplished without major fighting, the syrian government forces withdrew and in the areas that the opposition has taken, we have not seen widespread violence or lawlessness, although there has been isolated incidents like in many page. and then for the region wall tents and on certain israel and jordan no longer has to contend with the wrong friendly government on their doorsteps. and russia is weekend and its

ability to predict power. so i think in the last 24 and 48 hours, we've seen also encouraging signals from both the outgoing aside government and opposition forces to focus on a continuity of services and peaceful and smooth transition of power. certainly a lot remains to be done, but the early indications are promising that you're a specialist and dealing with syria and in stabilisation, stabilizing syria. under these conditions rebuilding the country is going to there's going to be huge challenges. where is the next government in syria? likely to look for help with that, that they should look to the international community, but i would say and, and really emphasize here that this is a syrian lead project. and i think while there are certainly dilemmas with the giovanni in h t. s being designated to terrace organization by both the us turkey. anything un uh, and there are dilemma is with how to deal with that government. if they do take power,

i think we need to, as the international community for the 1st time ever see that the, these are the realization of the aspirations of the syrian people and really ensure that they're in the lead of their future. and that the, the goals and aspirations of the syrian revolution, which, you know, as a peaceful revolution started 13 years ago, was realized. and i think that will take patients. it will take you all concerted effort. but i would emphasize that the key to success here is insurance. syrians are in the lead of their future, not the international community. you're outside powers, as had been directed by russia, any run through their alliance with the sod machine. when you look at the possible scenarios for serious future andrew, what do you think is most likely? is there a danger or that it could become another libya right next door or afghanistan? how can that be avoided? certainly, there are fears about what comes next. and i would say, you know,

those are legitimate and, and, and, and, and likely outcomes that, that could, you know, cause the country to further descend into chaos. but really, one thing to emphasize is, the cohesion of this anti aside, collision has been remarkable. and despite the bloodshed and suffering over the last 13 years, which has come at the hands of outside power is trying to dictate where the aside regime goes and how they deal with the uprising that they've experienced. so this is the 1st time that the syrian people in more than 50 years are in the driver's seat of determining their future. and that is critical. and you know, another sort of point to emphasizes. there's been a lot about the normalization that was coming at the hands of the side with the u, a. e and other regional actors. and the, the,

the state capture that was conducted by iran and russia was quite the stabilizing. is you know, your previous gas mentioned there were millions of floods the country over half the country has been displaced. and while the moment is fragile, i think giving the syrians a chance to lead and determine their own future shows the best way to prevent it from falling into chaos and more instability. there are many groups operating in syria. there are many other outside countries have been involved in syria. isis is one of the groups that still there. the u. s. is actively fighting the group with the help of the cards. how big of a risk is there? of a major isis research in syria enter. well, certainly that's, that's a fear and a risk. but what we've seen is h t. s. coordination with the syrian democratic forces, internal mazda moon, which are leading the anti uh, isis, a site. we saw over the last day more than $75.00 areas of isis.

uh, uh, presence hit by the international coalition to prevent a further uh, exploitation of isis using this moment to sort of secure more land. and i think what, again, what we've seen is a real pragmatism by both as the, as the syrian democratic forces and h t s. and again, i think the presence of the former prime minister of the assad government staying in place to ensure a peaceful transition of power. all of that continuity of security governance. government services are really promising signs that the vacuum will not be exploited by actors like isis to conduct a more, more threats to syria in the region. h t. s was backed by turkey. turkey is a major regional player. it has issues with the kurds in syria. what role do you

think turkey will play in serious future? and then the medium term, or? well, certainly turkey comes out as a send it in this, in the, in this scenario. uh, they, there been many reports that day at least green lights. the operation by h t s, although there haven't been formal confirmation of that. and i think what you've seen in the past, you know, day or so since damascus fell to the opposition. as you've seen, you know, thousands of syrians who been displaced in turkey attempting to return to their homes. and that's a key point sort of taking the reason that these people sled away, which was a side it can enable a real goal of turkey, which was to find a permanence more sustainable area where the millions of syrians in their country could go back peacefully. and with dignity to their homes. and i think there's

still a lot to be determined on how the s, the coordinates with this new syrian government in damascus. and uh, certainly turkey will want to avoid any type of scenario that creates an autonomous kurdish or even independent curtis state on their border. andrew, thank you very much for now. that was andrew sinclair, senior advisor with the texas consulting group in washington dc. thank you. or the fall of the ass advertising has many displaced syrians in turkey, hoping they can soon return home according to the united nations refugee agencies. on 3200000 syrian refugees are currently registered in turkey. now a day after the rebels seize control of damascus, many syrian refugees are lining up at border crossings into he like here in, by the a while. but let's cross over to dw use julia hun. she's

in key lease on the turkish syrian border. surely give us an idea of what's happening there. well, what's been happening here at this turkish border crossing in the past few days. and we've seen that at other church border crossings as well, is that people would come here with their belongings, their cars, their luggage is and line up because they want to go back home to syria. now that the sap regime is gone. it's now in the evening and the last group for today has just been taken inside to an area that we're not allowed to access this journalist . so for the, for project processing, but i've been able to speak to 2 young men who told me it's their family members who are going to cross and go back to syria tonight. so back to a level and the 2 young men also told me that they want to go back as well in like a month or 2 months time after they have managed to sell their cars and other

belongings here in turkey. now you have to know that many syrian refugees are living here, and turkey have been living here in turkey for more than a decade. an entire generation of syrian children has grown up here, and many people have absolutely no idea what it's like. what life is like on the other side of the border, but recent events, the rebel offensive, the full of the said regime has just given so much hope to many people not trust here in the border area, but across a trophy so that they really want to go and find out themselves and that is, and i agree with the analysts that we've had there earlier that is in the interest of the turkish government servers present ad one has come under immense pressure, particularly in recent years to send back many of the some 3000000 syrian refugees that has to do with the economic situation here in the country that is not

very good and quite problematic. and the um, anti immigration sentiments here among the turkish population that is on the rise. and now you have a situation where many syrians, although we don't have reliable figures yet, are willing to go back voluntarily. and the procedure from what i understand is that once they come here, they have to return their turkish residency permits and they would have to sign a document that saves they are going back to syria voluntarily. and then the way is open for them to return. and that is domestically speaking, a big win for president ad one and for his popularity ratings. turkey obviously has a strong interest in what happens inside syria. turkey has been involved to their itself for quite a while. can you tell us, julio, what's paper is in the rubble that offensive, that led to the downfall the well,

the toughest government to express an ad one has its own, pushed for the ouster of a brochure aside. they have a backed up position groups, the circle syrian national army in northwest syria. it's a rebel group that has pushed ahead with the advance and the offensive. all of the main militant islam is group high up top here are some so a turkey has long been involved in serial, although the government so far has denied officially any involvement in this operation. but a analysts that i've spoken to in recent days, they say such a lightning offensive could not have happened without at least tacit approval by on cra, know, the official position and on cra is that they say they want a smooth transition of power in syria. they want the syrian people to decide themselves about their future. um, but something many observe is also agree on is that the turkish government is one

of the big regional windows from us that's full. they have gained considerable leverage in syria and the white a region because anyone who is now negotiating over the future of syria, we'll have to talk to on cra as well. as you mentioned, many people from originally from siri who been living as refugees and turkey are crossing, backed into syria. what's next for those people who across the border now? well, as i said, i'm trying to get hold of, of some figures, but i have a contact in a level who has himself just a returned very recently. and he says, there are a lot of people now coming into a level serious 2nd largest city. he says his father, who has always been living in the city, said he's not seen that many new condos in about 10 years or so. what i also hear

from them is that the infrastructure a situation is quite difficult. so their electricity cods, there was a lack of clean, fresh drinking water internet. why fi? also quite a problem metric. but the overall security situation in a level he says, is quite relaxed. people would go, for example, to the local markets and there is a certain sense of normality in a level i left for the 2nd largest city in syria for a city. when many syrians came to, to turkey, more than 13 years ago, it started when the syrian civil war started. and now many people have the chance to go back. really thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspondent, julia honda, in key least at the turkish syrian board time now for some other stories, making headlines, beginning with

a related story is really forces have moved into a demilitarized buffer zone with syria along the is really controlled, go on heights. israel says it's a temporary but necessary measure because of 50 year old truce ended when outside soldiers left their post. israel amex, the strategic territory for decades ago. but most countries regard it as part of syria. russia is called an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss the events in syria. the kremlin has been the syrian regime biggest back or the recent years, and is now facing the potential loss of its key military bases in the middle east. meanwhile, stuff at series embassy in moscow have wasted the opposition. what so i one says it has put his military on high alert after detecting dozens of chinese warships and coast guard vessels and waters around the island. beijing also restricted nearby aerospace china claims democratic taiwan is its own territory and

is not ruled out the use of force to bring it under its control. the ukraine's president blowing his landscape, he says his country is taking a diplomatic resolution to the war with russia. he also propose the deployment of foreign troops to ukraine until it joins the nato military alliance. he made comments during a joint press conference with german opposition leader fleet like match. savanski has insisted throughout the war that ukraine need. security guarantees to prevent russia launching another invasion after the current hostilities and during their meeting mounts, criticized the current german government for refusing to send long range weapons to ukraine. ones are present to on this plot. of the mar position is clear, including that of my parliamentary group. we want to enable your army to reach military bases in russia, not the civilian population, not the infrastructure,

but to reach the military targets from what your country is being attacked and also yolanda. because i said this in the bonus tag a few weeks ago, and you can go because our find limits in the weapons range, we are forcing your country to fight with one hand tied behind its back. and that's not our position of chief political letter to make it a coat. this following the story we asked or what politic mounts is hoping to achieve with his trip to the ukrainian capital as well. first of all, he wants to demonstrate that he is where the pressure points in europe is politically should maps is not unlikely to become the next ton. so here in many is the current polling is anything to go by because his conservative cd you policy is by far in the lead. according to the latest polls round about upwards assessing percent, where as well as sold the current time. so this policy is around about 1415 percent is points. so clearly smith is trying to come across as exactly that the potential

next time. so onto comes with a message as he says that you create needs to be able to defend itself. he's come quite away from just a couple of months ago, arguing that he would want to see germany's towers cruise missile system, immediate need delivered to ukraine and brought him is it landscape? will certainly hope that he would fulfill what he sees as a promise. if he was to come into the office, although we have had him and so these may have to become a bit more courses on this issue. and creating a conditionality. if that'd be put in doesn't stop attacking vital infrastructure c, w c. political editor may say the cost of their romania is now heading into a period of uncertainty following the knowledge of last week's presidential elections. the countries constitutional court voided the result of the 1st round. over concerns of foreign interference. the incumbent will remain in his post while

the courts and the government look for ways to prevent any meddling when the election is held. again, dw, as jack park has been speaking to people about the fall out of the ongoing political turmoil berella on the price. i was fly was on her stand here in dine time through, caressed and is one of millions of people in romania who voted for the fall. right? n t e, you pro russia candidate in the 1st round of romania is not canceled. presidential elections, morgan, but we have no money for bills. they've sold everything they could from romanian. they don't want to leave a power vented some lies, the rushes behind him. in fact, they are lying because the people know he's a fair man. what he sense of culpable or rocco no work? it was this man kelly and joe jessica, who she hoped would turn the political tides in romania. he arrived here at the polling station at the weekend in protest. off the 2nd round, he'd hoped to contest was cancelled by the constitutional cooled insight to the

evidence of meddling on social media channels. like to talk to promote his videos to jessica, who denies russia with supporting his campaigns. he often says he's fighting for what he calls peasant foam, is people like petri talk who, who comes into the city market from the rotary countryside north of bucharest, to sell his organic farm, produce the petri didn't vote for him or the chess why bins. and because he has some very strange things that the ordinary citizen kind of garage really puts instead of doing one that i'm petrie says the economic situation in romania for small businesses is increasingly challenging. there may be many different opinions here and remain here about exactly what happens to see the elections involved. but the reality is, to some extent, that's gonna have to be put aside. the company needs to hold you elections. and they're going to have to find a way to do that. also,

the cancellation of the election, rumanian police raided a number of properties owned by people of a suspect. we're involved in schemes to artificially old men's georgette schools online reach. i expect say romania is institution is most work tirelessly. it's prevents modeling when the election is a help. again, i do not think that the menus are so now eve, to repeat these kind of situation that we are able to learn from this experience. and to have a true democratic debate and a free and fair competition. there is a challenge, joe. jessica will not be permitted to run again and back on her flowers to the railway says that will be proof that her democratic right is being taken away by people when the next elections will be held, i will still vote for calling to address q, still calling georgia ask you not for the necessary look good, enjoy this for us elections and i do to be held here in the romanian spring as

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