was always, i'm afraid, i'll never see him again. no, when. oh, you lost under the stops december 18th on d. w. as this data, we near his line from berlin, a rebel later or become serious, new prime minister mohammed overseer, will had an interim authority until march 1st of 2025. the syrians continue to celebrate the end of half a century, a repressive rule. also coming up more than a 1000 firefighters faddle while fires in southern california that threatens the size mansions farms. pepperdine university. the welcome to the show on the co fairly as syrians continue to celebrate the fall of

the asset regime, the country now as a new interim prime minister mohammed all this year previously governed a small and revel controlled area in various northwest. it takes over from the previous prime minister who has been working with the rebels to coordinate the transfer of power since the fall of the government of this year is task with forming a transitional government and says it's time for stability and calm. limit uh the w corresponded mohammed tray to is in damascus. and upon his arrival he encountered jubilant scenes in the streets of the syrian capital here in the center of the mock up in the my yeah. where as you can see it highly, those these young men are spending on a 1000000000 all the time that they all mean up here in the middle of the 3. they're just tempting for freedom of the, the,

the we are so happy i don't have any want to, to talk about it just also have, you know, we, we can do everything. we transfer the return or show up today because we can do whatever we want. we can the do the so i can. so i'm in damascus and defend throughout the city for the 1st time in my life. my 1st impression is it's a bit k o, k o fall over to face spots are born of treating. everyone is, is happy. people are approaching us due to the rest of the gunfire. so everyone is watching the chic about their emissions. they just want to express your hop in us about the downfall of the assad. raheem. you can see, you know,

everyone's fighting tensing for freedom. celebrating on in the sense that the syrian army left there in the middle of the square. so that's, that's my 1st impression journalist. he has a but isn't, has saca in the northeast of syria? earlier i asked him to tell us more about the new intern prime minister mohammed over here. yeah, this man was there's multiple for b administration of the did with the governor age where it h t, as was located before the they march to demoss schools. and he was a man who, who was known for administrating efficiently and in a, in a professional way. so that this region could establish the structure is needed in order to um, the total assets. and then he is no appointed and he showed and strengths and feelings between even the going to say just to the cabinet,

the ministers in the regions and the new government and damascus in order to establish in damascus and who is similar to that of h t s and eat live and yeah, i think many people expect from here's the abilities and the goods and stay but transition. but not all of the syrians are, are happy or, or, or are we looking for it to be into it towards this new, a administration which will last and at least i'm to 1st of march because some of them see him as a religious and popular religious figure and personally, and it left the worst responsible for religious and fast there. and there for many people, literally tried whether he might be a and a man who would establish a strong and from the mentor. his name is blue is about so far. yeah. it's found the you don't have an idea what would be the really outcome of his administration. yeah, if this is indeed a very tense time for this area and across roads,

how confident are the people you've been able to meet that these limits? rebels essentially will bring stability a yeah, it's not sure because the currents in the area where i am and they um, a face and heavier checks from the m. as in a meeting shampoo. who, who is at best buy cherokee, they are in different locations and trying to push forward to the good is region. for example, in mind, beach close to the outside river is rather than per bond to collapse, just are expected to happen. and it also close to our place here of on for me just from house like a. and they are also, i'm a taking a could wish and the s t s was fights or positions. so um, yeah, it's not sure whether the new government and the moscow's will have really a control over the whole territory and the control over every melisha which is

involved in this better. it's because they're really, um it's, it's not the one was malicious. talk with the there were many inch interest and many different goes those journalists, mathias and but speaking to us from his soccer in syria, great to have you on the show much, he has. thank you so much for that to and we want to look at the international players involved in the situation, syria and for that i'm joint. now in the studio of, i'm at least expert, tanya gotta tell you which of the many players with stakes and cereal are you watching most closely these days? i think the most relevant to national actors took you at the moment on all fronts that pertains to the situation in damascus and the building of a government of transitional government. but also the situation in the northeast where you're calling what is able to just called from a stroke is militarily active. they are as pushing back the circles here in

democratic forces quoted militias and so on. so to okay is the most relevant actor and talk, he's also the one. so we have to say who's supported this rebel group and tool based gave some leeway to do this stunning success. even though the turks, in my opinion did not expect that to happen. but in the end, jumped on the bandwagon and declared victory, but i think that's the most relevant after another, a neighbor, israel celebrated the fall of a side to credit for it in a way as well. and then immediately started bombing syria, how the stabilizing can that be for a situation very much in flux? that's the 1st of all it's, it's been perceived in syria as a very hostile gesture as an attempt to exploit the situation of power vacuum and your own interest. and i think these are, this would have to explain to the syrians why they created this local buffer zone and why they grab lance and tanks and military personnel into siri and territory. even though they say we're just doing this to, to,

to secure on own interest or to make sure that we are don't, we don't have any bad surprises. that's what they say. but in the end, you know, people in the region have a different uh, perception of what is really military activities. more of these are, these have been bombing various places, military installations up to the, the, the, the port of lataya, small navy ships which they destroyed. so basically they're trying to mobilize the syrian neutralized certain military course. the argument is we don't, we don't know what's going to happen in syria who's going to take over if we will wake up with a, with an enemy. and let's be frank, also the assad regime. oh is, was that kind of every hostile posture towards israel? but in the end us, i've never dad to do anything against israel. he, he let in his ball on the radians, but at the same time then the neighborhood between israel and, and, and, and that's not what's the most stable in the region. and many of these really security establishment started was not a good idea to get rid of him. what's now happening is basically

a scenario that's been planned for the situation of the downfall of the assad regime. and now these really military is acting according to its own protocol and its political leadership is apparently comfortable with that. for most of his role aside, was backed by russia and are on what role do you expect them to play in the future as well. the radians, uh, have they have to deal of course, with this situation because uh they have lost an important strategic asset in syria, but the rate is at the same time of very good at, you know, later on telling everyone that that was part of the strategy that they realize they needed to pull out at the right moment. they needed to secure the interest and they can come back anytime i think the reading room is a, has a mentality of, of patients. and they would probably think, let's see what's happening in 56710 years, how the situation, you know, unfolds and maybe we can then get back in and secure all interest that have business interest. but for the moment, i think the what i hear also from this security establishment,

the roof revolutionary gods call like the lead force. and iran is very uncomfortable with the situation. they think that was handled politically in a very, very responsible way. um, but the good thing for the writing is, as the reading public is not interested really in syria and lebanon day would be happy if yvonne invested, but they have into the wellbeing of the country and not to not venture in other countries. so there is no, ironically, domestic pressure in your, on to somehow taking aggressive post, you know, how about russia or, well, russian. so ironically, a bit the same uh though for different reasons the rest of the russians have been supporting us that for them for 10 years almost. um, but they realize that if a site cannot defend himself, they are not going to invest anything to defend him. they provided the power, but if they don't have any partners on the ground that will fight against the rebels, they can't do much. and that was the case, the soon resumed the ratings could not. so in the russia is going to tell us to and i think same uh, same approach um that they are very comfortable with

a so many islam is the leadership in syria as long as it's not a west and associated as long. it's not a liberal democracy, less than ally in russia, whatever is in his capacity, i think, put in is going to try to make sure that that doesn't happen in cooperation with the archives trying to support the toes. but i think the russians really understood that it was time to get out of the way what's what a future and government need to. busy to, to rein in that and for, and my meddling, that has been, so d, stabilizing the past. well, that's a, a very, a big challenge that syrians are aware of, but i think we've seen it in other countries. the stronger the consensus inside the country is the stronger the common division is. the more difficult it gets to, to fulfill for an interventions to manipulate the situation. for an act, us that operate by proxy would usually use a group or political party or some sort of a pressure group in order to, to, to, to gain leverage on the internal political process. so the syrians want to avoid

that, and they're very much used to fund modeling. they should really find a consensus on how to organize this government, how to structure the regions, and the expertise is there, there is people who have been preparing for this moment for a long time, even though they didn't expect it to happen that quickly. and a long road ahead that was donning a gala from at least expert, always great speaking to you. thanks so much nicole and a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. police in south korea have read of the office of president jones, so kills in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law. last week. the raid comes a day after parliament voted to appoint a special council to investigate the case. lawmakers were scheduled to hold a 2nd impeachment village on saturday as really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is taking the witness stand in his corruption trial for the 1st time. he faces longstanding charges in 3 separate cases of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes, which she's described as absurd. it's the 1st time

a sitting is really prime minister, has given testimony as a criminal defendant in the united states, a man charged with the murder of a health insurance. c. o and new york has contested his expedition to the stage at a hearing and pennsylvania suspect struggled with deputies and shouted, well, being led into a cord writing sound in his possession, reportedly expressed anger and health insurance companies and corporate greed saying in the us, firefighters are battling a fast paced wildfire in southern california, the franklin fire, near the city of malibu, has grown to more than a 1000 hector's in size threatening seaside mansions, farms and a university. some 1500 firefighters have now been mobilized to slow its progress and inferno has been making its way across southern california, strengthening homes, forcing evacuations, and leaving devastation and its week. for many, the damage caused by the flames has hit especially close to home. i remember

playing in this house in the front yard with my schoolmates lived. that's how long i've been here. my whole life, the causes of residents were evacuated over night, as the fire quickly spread, many are still trying to leave the area. firefighters has been working non stop fighting this lanes day and night. but so far they haven't managed to bring the blaze under control. this fire is not contained and we remain under an immediate threat because of the red flag conditions. thankfully, we have no reports of serious injuries or fatalities. although no fatalities have been reported yet. the situation remains critical. authorities are warning that winds are predicted to reach 130 kilometers per hour, making the fire even more dangerous. and that's all from the news for now,

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