00:00Crowds gathered outside a Damascus courthouse on Tuesday after a Syrian court sentenced Alstead President Bashar al-Assad,
00:08his brother Maher al-Assad and former security chief Atif Majib to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity
00:16committed during Syria's 14-year conflict.
00:22Outside the courthouse, many Syrians described the verdict as long-awaited justice.
00:27Today is a day of justice for all, the wounded detainees and Syrians who were unjustly forced to leave their
00:35country.
00:36Today is a historic day. Today marks a victory of right against injustice, victory of the Syrian people against the
00:44ousted regime.
00:47Among those celebrating was Nayef Abazaid, who says he was detained by the Assad government as a child.
01:00I was detained by the Assad regime. They took me from my school when I was just 13 years old.
01:08Thank God Assad fell and Atif Najib will be executed.
01:12And God willing, it will be Masha Assad's turn.
01:15Today we cannot express our happiness and our biggest happiness will be when Bashar Assad is executed.
01:22Bashar and Maher Assad remain in Russia after fleeing Syria following the collapse of their government.
01:29Syria's new authority have called on Moscow to extradite them to face justice.
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