Triangle Syrian community celebrates overthrow of Assad regime
CHANCES, THOUGH, ON THE WAY
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL
OF THIS COMING UP IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES.
>> WELL, NOW THE LATEST IN
SYRIA, NEW TODAY, BASHAR AL
ASSAD AND HIS FAMILY FLED TO
MOSCOW WHERE THEY WERE GRANTED
POLITICAL ASYLUM. THE U.S.
SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THE
U.S. STRONGLY SUPPORTS 8 PIECE
FULL TRANSITION OF POWER AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED THIS A,
QUOTE, HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE IN SYRIA TO BUILD A
BETTER FUTURE. BUT HE ALSO SAID
THIS IS A MOMENT OF RISK AND
UNCERTAINTY. MEMBERS OF THE
LOCAL SYRIAN COMMUNITY GATHERED
AGAIN IN RALEIGH TO CELEBRATE
THE OVERTHROW OF ASSAD WRAL'S.
CARLY HAYNES SPOKE WITH ONE
OF THEM EARLIER THIS EVENING.
>> EVENTS IN SYRIA HAVE REACHED
RALLY.
>> CARS PARADED THROUGH THE
STREETS, WAVING SYRIAN FLAGS
START OF THE FALL OF THE ASSAD
REGIME.
SO IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT.
PEOPLE ARE CRYING PEOPLE TO
ENJOY SEEING. THIS IS THIS IS
REALLY
A HISTORIC. THE DU LAC ANDRESS
CELEBRATED WITH OTHERS HERE IN
MOORE SQUARE. KHADR LIVED IN
SYRIA. HE HAS FAMILY THERE,
INCLUDING A BROTHER WHO WAS
IMPRISONED. SO THIS WITH THAT
REGIME.
>> COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY. AND THAT'S WHY THE
WHOLE SAME PEOPLE WHO VOTED
AND ALL OF THE CITY'S POOR THAN
A DECADE OF CIVIL WAR.
FULMINATING THIS WEEKEND, REBEL
GROUPS OVER THROUGH SYRIA'S
GOVERNMENT, A GOVERNMENT RULED
BY FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT
BASHAR AL ASSAD AND HIS FAMILY
FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AFTER 13
YEARS OF CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA.
IN AN ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
CALLED IT A MOMENT OF
OPPORTUNITY AND OF UNCERTAINTY.
UNITED STATES WILL WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS.
>> AND STAKEHOLDERS IN SYRIA.
2 OF THEM SEES AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MANAGE TO RIS A NEW DAY IN
SYRIA WITH THE WORLD EYEING
WHAT'S NEXT?
>> CURRENTLY, HAYNES, WRAL,
NEWS, RALEIGH.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE'LL
SEND SENIOR OFFICIALS TO SPEAK