this is ghouta, a suburb of damascus and a rebel support base.nd on more than one occasion chemical weapons were used here. we went to a lane where a chlorine bomb was dropped in 2018 outside this man's house. he says this is the first time he has been able to speak freely about what happened to his wife and four young children. i couldn't speak before this, otherwise the regime would have cut off my tongue. people started choking. my wife and children were killed by chemical bombs, he says. as we talked to him, another man tells us he also lost his family in the same attack. two toddlers and his pregnant wife. anger that he has had to suppress for six years spilling out. translation: we want fresh investigations, the whole world knows that bashar al—assad is an oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people.— oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people. for a people who for so long _ killed his own people. for a people who for so long have _ killed his own people. for a people who for so long have not _ killed his own people.

assad, celebrations of not stopping people toward as they still cannot believe that this this is ghoutagime and its allies. and on more than one occasion chemical weapons were used here. we went to a lane where a chlorine bomb was dropped in 2018 outside this man's house. he says this is the first time he has been able to speak freely about what happened to his wife and four young children. i couldn't speak before this, otherwise the regime would have cut off my tongue. people started choking. my wife and children were killed by chemical bombs, he says. as we talked to him, another man tells us he also lost his family in the same attack. two toddlers and his pregnant wife. anger that he has had to suppress for six years spilling out. translation: we want fresh investigations, - the whole world knows that bashar al—assad is an oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people. for a people who for so long have not been able to talk freely, the minute we came here, everybody had a story to tell us. and what we have heard here about the chemical ait can attack is a fraction of the bru

this is ghouta, a suburb of damascus and a rebel support base.llies. and on more than one occasion chemical weapons were used here. we went to a lane where a chlorine bomb was dropped in 2018 right outside this man's house. he says this is the first time he has been able to speak freely about what happened to his wife and four young children. "i couldn't speak before this, otherwise the regime "would have cut off my tongue. "when the attack happened, people started choking. "my wife and children were killed by chemical bombs," he says. as we talked to him, another man tells us he also lost his family in the same attack. two toddlers and his pregnant wife. anger that he has had to suppress for six years spilling out. translation: we want fresh investigations. - the whole world knows that bashar al—assad is an oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people. for a people who for so long have not been able to talk freely, the minute we came out here, everybody had a story to tell us. and what we have heard here about the chemical attack here

this is ghouta, a suburb of damascus and a rebel support base. allies. and on more than one occasion, chemical weapons were used here. we went to a lane where a chlorine bomb was dropped in 2018 right outside this man's house. he says this is the first time he has been able to speak freely about what happened to his wife and four young children. "i couldn't speak before this, otherwise the regime would have "cut off my tongue. "when the attack happened, people started choking. "my wife and children were killed by chemical bombs," he says. as we talked to him, another man tells us he also lost his family in the same attack. two toddlers and his pregnant wife. anger that he has had to suppress for six years spilling out. translation: we want fresh investigations. the whole world knows that bashar al—assad is an oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people. for people who for so long have not been able to talk freely, the minute we came out here, everybody had a story to tell us. and what we have heard here about the chemical attack here i

this is ghouta, a suburb of damascus and a rebel support base.d in 2018 right outside this man's house. he says this is the first time he has been able to speak freely about what happened to his wife and four young children. "i couldn't speak before this, otherwise the regime "would have cut off my tongue. "when the attack happened, people started choking. "my wife and children were killed by chemical bombs," he says. as we talked to him, another man tells us he also lost his family in the same attack. two toddlers and his pregnant wife. anger that he has had to suppress for six years spilling out. translation: we want fresh investigations. - the whole world knows that bashar al—assad is an oppressor and a liar and that he killed his own people. for a people who for so long have not been able to talk freely, the minute we came out here, everybody had a story to tell us. and what we have heard here about the chemical attack here is just a fraction of the brutality of the regime of bashar al—assad on his own country. not far from the site of the at

assad were being dismantled across the country this statue of the man who had children gassed in a ghouta basement 11 years ago, toppled in the eastern city of tartus. his image torn down from buildings in damascus. and on top of the gates of homs city center, symbolically, where protesters tore apart his image more than a decade ago in a scene that defined the civil war's early days. inspired by the seismic shifts of the arab spring syrians rose up in 2011, demanding democracy but were met with live rounds and eventually jet planes chemical weapons and mass executions and torture. hundreds of thousands were killed millions displaced as rebels swept through the capital on sunday. images surfaced of prisoners being released from the notorious saydnaya prison from which so few emerged. dubbed the human slaughterhouse by amnesty international, the militant figure leading this rebel offensive is abu mohammad al jolani seen here prostrating in prayer upon entering damascus once affiliated with al qaeda. jilani has been suggesting he has matured from his extremist roots though there are deep co

assad were being dismantled across the country this statue of the man who had children gassed in a ghouta basement 11 years ago, toppled in the eastern city of tartus. his image torn down from buildings in damascus. and on top of the gates of homs city center. symbolically, where protesters tore apart his image more than a decade ago in a scene that defined the civil war's early days. inspired by the seismic shifts of the arab spring syrians rose up in 2011, demanding democracy but were met with live rounds and eventually jet planes chemical weapons and mass executions and torture. hundreds of thousands were killed millions displaced as rebels swept through the capital. on sunday, images surfaced of prisoners being released from the notorious saydnaya prison from which so few emerged. dubbed the human slaughterhouse by amnesty international, the militant figure leading this rebel offensive is abu mohammad al-jolani seen here prostrating in prayer upon entering damascus once affiliated with al qaeda. jilani has been suggesting he has matured from his extremist roots though there are deep c

, who is a man who was associated with, of course, a chemical weapons attack on his own people in ghoutad man. it's somebody who britain courted to an extent, thinking it was better to keep him close and keep your friends close and your enemies closer. he had a state visit to the uk queen elizabeth ii put him up. we've had meetings in the past and then he turned against his own people. syria has obviously been in a huge amount of turmoil ever since, but now it looks as if he is having to flee damascus. maybe he's in russia with his ally vladimir putin already, because in a nutshell, jars. i know it's hard to simmer it to down simplicities, but what's happened, they've got there's a rebel group of rebel group, al—qaeda affiliated . al—qaeda affiliated. >> i think speculation like is the new regime going to be any better? are we in an iraq situation? yes. a massive blow for iran and russia, who have, quite frankly, propped up assad. but yeah, a seismic moment because it ends 50 years of the assad family ruling syria. but yeah, like what comes next is looks pretty scary for a region which i