broken beyondfl'epair? fares shehabi in beirut today, welcome to hardtalk. you described how syrians came onto the streets of damascus and, indeed, aleppo as well, and you said they were chanting, they were singing, they were feeling victorious. it is hard for me to understand how syrians, in the current context, of all that's happening in your country, can be celebrating and feeling victorious. can you explain that to me? well, the same feeling you had when hitler was bombing you in world war ii, and you were chanting on the streets with all this destruction and aggression, becoming on your head, and you felt victorious, and also, you felt like one country and you kept yourself together in one piece,