'This should have happened a long time ago' - Syrians celebrate in the streets of Qamishli

Record ID: 1884718

  • Title: 'This should have happened a long time ago' - Syrians celebrate in the streets of Qamishli
  • Date: 8th December 2024
  • Summary: QAMISHLI, SYRIA (DECEMBER 8, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND CARS GATHERING AT STATUE OF LATE PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD SQUARE CELEBRATING CARS HONKING AS THEY CELEBRATE / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE WOMAN ULULATING AS SHE CELEBRATES WITH CROWDS PEOPLE RAISING SYRIAN KURDISH FLAGS / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN CITIZEN OF QAMISHLI, DELBRET RASHO, SAYING: “We went out to have this huge celebration, to celebrate with the whole world. People were expecting this end, the fall of the tyrant, and the people started to celebrate and we are celebrating with the world and God willing Syria will return better than before and things will return with goodness and peace prevailing over all of Syria. We went out and brought the children from home and went out to celebrate with the world and this is what should have happened a long time ago.” WOMAN GESTURING PEACE SIGN FROM CAR PEOPLE RAISING FLAG AND GESTURING PEACE SIGNS PEOPLE RAISING PEACE SIGNS FROM CAR WHILE CHANTING VARIOUS OF BOY DAMAGING STATUE OF FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD PEOPLE RAISING SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES (SDF) FLAG PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO DAMAGED STATUE OF FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR DAMAGED STATUE MAN RAISING FLAG AND ANOTHER HOLDING GUN / SMOKE RISING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HOLDING FLAGS WHILE CELEBRATING FROM A CAR
  • Embargoed: 22nd December 2024 08:38
  • Keywords: Celebrations Qamishli Rebels Regime Syria
  • Location: QAMISHLI, SYRIA
  • City: QAMISHLI, SYRIA
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001555608122024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: People gathered to celebrate in the streets of Qamishli on Sunday (December 8), after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
    Former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad's square in the northeastern Syrian city was a focal point to mark the celebrations, as crowds gathered chanting and waving flags of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces.
    Local Syrian Resident Delbret Rasho described the moment as historic, saying, “Syria will return better than before, with peace prevailing across the country.”
    "We went out and brought the children from home and went out to celebrate with the world and this is what should have happened a long time ago," Rasho told Reuters.
    Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East.
    The Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in the region, key allies who propped up Assad during critical moments in the civil war.
    (Production: Orhan Qereman, Heba Fouad)
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