Syrians celebrate in the streets after Assad government falls
And just outside Damascus, celebrating crowds tossed a noose around the towering statue of Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, the dictator who first imposed his iron grip on Syria a half-century ago, and toppled it to the ground. Then they chained it to the back of a truck and dragged it through the streets past cheering crowds.
"I feel like I'm in a dream and I don't want to wake up," says Amr Shayah who fled Syria following the civil war in 2011.
Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Follow for live updates.
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