As the country fell out of the regime's control, people took to the streets, released prisoners and celebrated in the city squares.
As the country fell out of the regime's control, people took to the streets, released prisoners and celebrated in the city squares.On early Sunday morning, Syrian people took to the streets in different parts of the country to celebrate the victory of their"freedom".
From the capital, Damascus, to the Assad family's coastal hometown of Latakia, among other cities, all symbols of the regime are being taken down. The person who read out the statement called on all opposition members and citizens to protect the institutions of “the free Syrian state."The city is particularly significant to the family members and survivors who remember the Hama Massacre of 1982, a tragic chapter in Syria’s past when thousands of people were killed by the forces of then-President Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father.
Crowds gathered to pray in the city’s mosques and to celebrate in the squares, chanting: “God is great.”
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