Euphoria and unease in Damascus

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A week into the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, some schools are reopening in Syria and Christian church services have also resumed.  But there is an air of caution. AP correspondent Philip Crowther is in Damascus.  #Damascus #Syria

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00:00There is a feeling of unease, of course, because of the uncertainty.

00:04Christians, for example, minorities, they're not sure what's going to happen

00:08with Islamist rule here in Damascus.

00:11But all of them, all of those people we speak to say it's better what they have now

00:17instead of the rule of Bashar al-Assad.

00:20So the euphoria really is the dominating feeling that we're getting from Syrians here.

00:27And the welcome, by the way, that we are getting also is very warm indeed.

00:30We get very warm looks and conversations with people who haven't seen people like us for a long time.

00:36This was a very dangerous and essentially a forbidden place for us to come to.

00:41Interestingly, on the streets of Damascus, you certainly don't see any soldiers anymore.

00:45They all abandoned their posts when Bashar al-Assad left the country.

00:50We see a few armed rebels, but not all that many and not all too many security forces either.

00:56Essentially, society here in Damascus, at least, is functioning without.

01:01But again, there is that feeling of unease of what might come in the future.

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