quentin somerville in latakia and _ the regime.atakia and hugo _ the regime. quentin somerville in latakia and hugo to - the regime. quentin somerville in latakia and hugo to get - the regime. quentin somerville in latakia and hugo to get in i in latakia and hugo to get in aleppo. thank you both of you for bringing the latest where you are. a multiplicity of muslim and christians wanting to believe the new promises by the interim authority that this will be a new government that will be a new government that will represent the many secular and religious traditions in this country. as we heard from quentin somerville, there have been cases and everyday we get more reports of summary executions of fighters taking the law into their own hands and going after the people they know are responsible for the catalogue of war crimes that have happened in this country. and yet, are hearing from the leadership and its leader that they shouldn't be doing this. they should wait until there is a process ofjustice, but these are heady days here in

our international correspondent quentin somerville and cameraman darren conway have been touring theas that previously were off limits. tonight he is the port city of latakia. it is good to see you. we watched your report yesterday. i got the sense, it seems to me there is now this period of an uneasy truce, where everyone is really adjusting to the new realities on the ground. that's ri . ht, realities on the ground. that's right, christian. _ realities on the ground. that's right, christian. it's— realities on the ground. that's right, christian. it's a - right, christian. it's a collective holding of breath, if you like. i suppose it would be unrealistic to say that after this long journey to freedom, almost 14 years in the making, that everything would suddenly be ok in syria and everything would start working, and let's remember some of the details of that long journey. backin details of that long journey. back in 2011, it started with pro—democracy protests. then it was a full—blown civil war. in 2015, russia intervened. then we saw the flourishing and the expansion of these on

quentin somerville joins us now. give us a sense of what it looks like on the ground now.re right. this was the heartland of the assad regime. what was interesting as we were driving through here, all over the roads for many, many miles, there were hundreds of abandoned military vehicles and it appears many of the regimes supporters, many of the henchmen, headed towards here to try and escape and two, i guess, they believed they would be safe here. as we were also making thatjourney, there were lots of hts fighters in vehicles heading towards the city to show their dominance. this was once a regime stronghold and it is not longer a regime stronghold. in the city there will be a lot of nervousness about the consequences that this area will face because of the support for the resume. hts have said there should be no revenge attacks, lynchings or summary executions in response to the resume plasma control. from what we have seen in this area, we have seen anyone who is carrying out those attacks will be punished. there is a real fear will be punished. there is a realfear here