My cousins wrote to me that the birds were freed from the cage, that this is the day when they feel happy and free – this is what Dalia Nammous, an entrepreneur with Syrian roots, said on Sunday about the overthrow of the regime in Syria. The TVN24 guest also said that the Assad regime and Russia's influence were visible “at every intersection.”
Syrian rebels announced on Sunday that liberated Damascus and overthrew President Bashar al-Assad. The dictator flew from Damascus on Sunday to an unknown destination, but the plane disappeared from radar. The Kremlin, which supports Assad, announced that the Syrian dictator had left the post of president and the country, as well ordered a peaceful transfer of power.
In Syria “they feel hope and freedom”
Dalia Nammous, a Polish woman with Syrian roots, talked on Sunday on TVN24 about the reaction of her family living in Syria to the overthrow of the regime.
– This morning I was talking to my cousins. They wrote me a very pleasant message that the birds had been released from the cage. That this is the day when they feel happy and free (…). They wrote that they had finally come out of the darkness, she reported.
Nammous said that Syrians now hope for change. – My cousins say that they feel this hope, this freedom and they want to talk about it all the time. Before, when I went to Syria, I asked about their life there, but we didn't talk about it at home. There was no talk of politics. There was no talk about what was happening, she commented.
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Poverty and dictatorship in Syria
The TVN24 guest also described the conditions in which a significant part of Syrian society lives. Dalia Namous's aunt, who lived in Madaya, near Damascus, had access to electricity for only one hour a day.
– One day my aunt turned on the washing machine, the next day she turned on the refrigerator. Considering that it's 40 degrees there, it's hard to live without a refrigerator, Nammous emphasized. She also drew attention to the high prices of food. – When I came to Syria before the war, my grandmother made pea stew. After the war broke out, she made dinner from shells, said the entrepreneur.
Dalia Nammous also said that the Assad regime's oppression and Putin's influence were visible “at every intersection” – if only because soldiers controlled the cars.
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