Leader of Islamist rebels that ousted Assad says people should ‘express their joy’ after Friday prayers
last week has called on people to take to the streets to celebrate what he described as “the victory of the blessed revolution” on Friday.
The Kurds, who faced discrimination during the more than 50 years of Assad family rule, have made overtures to the Islamist-led rebels who seized power, but some in the community fear the transition could see it lose the hard-won gains it made during the war, including limited self-rule. But he added: “During 13 years of war, I learned to live day by day. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.”
Victorious Islamist-led fighters have seized military bases and distribution hubs for the amphetamine-type stimulant, which has flooded the hidden market across the Middle East. These underground labyrinths are literally hell on earth. They were overcrowded, crawling with cockroaches and other insects, lacked ventilation. They still smell of blood and death.”
The 29-year-old didn’t seem bitter about the time he had spent locked up. “It is a time of solace and you can meditate on your life,” he told AP. “It was good for me.”A child flashes the peace symbol ahead of the first Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.A fighter of the ruling Syrian body stands with a weapon and a flower at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the day of the first Friday prayers following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.
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