A UN official stated that the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt,” with some state workers reportedly failing to return to their jobs.
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00:00Syria's prime minister said that most cabinet ministers were back to work after rebels overthrew
00:07President Bashar Assad.
00:09However, a UN official said the country's public sector had come to a complete and abrupt
00:15halt with some state workers reportedly failing to return to their jobs.
00:21Syrian rebels announced that rebel leader Ahmed al-Shara met in Damascus with the outgoing
00:26prime minister who chaired Assad's government.
00:29Talks focused on the political transition in the country according to the rebel coalition.
00:36The UK and US are both reportedly considering whether to remove the main anti-Assad rebel
00:40groups from their lists of designated terrorist organizations.
00:45Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighboring countries hoping
00:50for a more peaceful future.
00:57Now swathes of Syrian families are now waiting outside prisons, security offices and courts
01:02hoping for news of loved ones who were imprisoned or who disappeared during Assad's rule.