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00:00Syria looks to carve a new future after the sudden end to 24 years of rule under President
00:07Bashar al-Assad.
00:08Relief mixed with caution as world leaders react to the downfall of Syria's President
00:17Bashar al-Assad.
00:25This is what the streets of Damascus looked like on Sunday.
00:28No movement, no business, lifeless almost, the calm after the storm.
00:33That's because Syria's rebel forces imposed a curfew on the capital on the first day since
00:38overthrowing the country's longtime president Bashar al-Assad.
00:41The curfew is 13 hours long, starting from 4pm local time through to 5am on Monday.
00:48It's a stark difference from the scenes of cheering and celebration that erupted after
00:52news broke of the end of Assad's reign.
00:55And Syrians, taking in a new reality, one that brought a sense of calmness to the streets
01:00of Damascus and an end to the fighting, were happy to oblige.
01:04They're hoping this newly found peace can last, and the leadership of the rebel coalition
01:09which overthrew Assad is echoing the same sentiment.
01:35It's a new beginning for the country that's been under President Bashar al-Assad's rule
01:38for 24 years, and emotions are continuing to run high.
02:05Abu Mohammad al-Ghulani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group, has appointed
02:10ex-Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to oversee the transitional government.
02:15Al-Jalali served as Prime Minister under Assad and is tasked with ensuring state institutions
02:20and social services run uninterrupted until a permanent political solution is reached.
02:32Syrians across the world rejoiced the downfall of Assad's regime on Sunday.
02:38In Istanbul, people stormed the Syrian consulate, took down its flag and waved the green Syrian
02:43independence flag claimed by opposition groups.
02:48Hundreds of Syrians in Germany also took to the streets in a Berlin neighborhood famous
02:53for its Arabic culture.
02:56Meanwhile, foreign leaders have called for an inclusive political transition.
03:02Turkey's foreign minister urged international actors to preserve Syria's territorial integrity.
03:08In a post on X, the EU's foreign chief, Kaya Kalas, said the EU's priority is to ensure
03:13security, vowing to work with all constructive partners in Syria and the region.
03:19Also on X, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the Syrian people, sending
03:24wishes for peace, freedom and unity.
03:27German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote that religious communities and minorities must
03:31be protected now and in the future.
03:42Romania's far-right presidential candidate, Kalin Drogescu, stood outside a closed polling
03:47station on Sunday, in protest of the second round of the country's presidential election
03:52being cancelled.
03:54The country's top court made an unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote,
03:59following intelligence alleging Russian interference on social media to promote the so-called TikTok
04:05messiah.
04:14George Simeon, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, echoed Drogescu
04:20in denouncing the election's cancellation.
04:23After topping the polls in the first round, Drogescu was set to face the Liberal candidate
04:28Elena Laskony on Sunday.
04:30New dates will be set to rerun the presidential vote from scratch.