Thousands take to the streets around Syria to celebrate end of Assad regime: ‘It’s like a dream’

This is a call for all the loyal people of Syria. We have to put our hands in each other’s hands; we have to collaborate and come together to build Syria,

he says, his voice cracking

I can’t believe I’m sitting here in front of the military judicial building, on a broken picture of Assad, hearing the chants of a free Syria. It’s like a dream,

added his friend Abu Osman al-Shami, 30

I was just 15 when I left Damascus. I saw my mother for the first time two days ago. It was indescribable. She didn’t recognise me,

says Abu Hussein, who spent a year in a regime jail in the southern town of Deraa in 2011, where he said they subjected him to electric shocks

We have entered a new stage of work. Rescuing people’s lives won’t stop. We have to keep going and help people rebuild their lives.”

He add

To return this majestic country to its majestic position among the nations,

he adds

I don’t remember a world without war. I grew up in this revolution and civil conflict,

she adds

I invite them to head to the squares to show their happiness without shooting bullets and scaring people,

he says

We are gathering because we're happy Syria has been freed, we're happy to have been liberated from the prison in which we lived,

said Nour Thi al-Ghina, 38

This is the first time we have converged in such big numbers and the first time we are seeing such an event,

she said, beaming with joy

Let's not discuss details that might separate us now and focus only on what brings us together: our hatred for Bashar al-Assad,

said Amina Maarawi, 42, an Islamic preacher wearing a white hijab

It was my dream to come to Damascus,

the tailor said

There can be nothing worse than what was. We cannot fear the situation,

she told AFP, expressing support for a state based on Islamic teachings

We've finished the war in Syria and started praying for peace, we started carrying flowers, we started building this country and building it hand in hand,

he told AFP

I can't describe my feelings. Our morale is very high and we hope that Syria will head towards a better future, ... People were stifled... but now the doors have opened to us."

he said, adding

One, one, one, the Syrian people is one,

Some chanted ... the journalists said

A judicial and human rights committee will be established to examine the constitution and then introduce amendments,

Obaida Arnaout said

I would like to congratulate the great Syrian people on the victory of the blessed revolution and I call on them to go to the streets to express their joy,

Jolani said on Telegram

I don't think anything worse than his regime could exist,

Talal Abu Saleh, 69, told AFP of Assad

Abu Mohammad al-Julanileader

I turned the world upside down looking,

Abu Mohammed told AFP as he searched for news of three missing relatives at the Mazzeh airbase in Damascus

We are no longer Baathists,

he said with a smile, explaining people