MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 09/12/2024
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00:00Welcome everyone, it's time for the Grand Journal, we are in New Zealand.
00:19In Syria, President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, driven by a spectacular offensive
00:29and rebels, ending yesterday's half-century of reign.
00:43The UN Security Council will meet urgently on Monday for discussions on Syria after the fall.
00:51President Bashar al-Assad's consultations were requested earlier on Sunday by Russia.
00:59The year 2024 will be the first year above the 1.5°C warming threshold,
01:11even hotter than the record of 2023.
01:15More details in this newspaper.
01:23Before developing all these titles,
01:27His Majesty the King Mohammed VI suffered a traumatic fall of the left shoulder with fractures of the humerus.
01:36It was during a routine sports activity on Sunday.
01:41This fracture required a surgical intervention, which was successfully carried out at the Royal Palace clinic in Rabat.
01:50At the end of this intervention, the left shoulder will be immobilized for 45 days,
01:56followed by a period of functional rehabilitation.
02:05President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, driven by a spectacular offensive and rebels,
02:12ending yesterday's half-century of reign.
02:17Al-Assad has led Syria for 24 years.
02:20He has been at war with his family in Moscow for nearly 14 years, according to Russian press agencies.
02:27Finally, al-Assad's regime has fallen.
02:30This is what US President Joe Biden said,
02:33while underlining that some of the rebel groups had a history of terrorism.
02:39He said that al-Assad should account for the hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians who have been mistreated, tortured and killed in Syria.
02:49Scenes of tears welcomed Bashar al-Assad's fall.
02:53She entered the capital Damascus of the leader of the rebels, Abu Muhammad al-Julani.
02:58Abroad, many Syrians expressed their joy.
03:01In Damascus, where the rebels had announced a ceasefire until this Monday at 5 p.m. GMT,
03:10part of the presidential palace was set on fire.
03:14On November 27, the rebels' coalition launched an offensive from its headquarters in Idlib.
03:20In ten days, in the face of the collapse of the government forces,
03:24the rebels conquered the major cities of Aleppo, Hama, Daraa and Homs before entering the capital.
03:33At the request of Russia, the main ally of the fallen power,
03:40the UN Security Council will meet this Monday at 3 p.m. GMT
03:47for an in-depth discussion on Syria.
03:52According to Russian agencies, the rebels guarantee the security of the Russian military bases in Syria.
03:59After these fighters, Abu Muhammad al-Julani arrived in Damascus.
04:06This victory is a triumph for the entire Islamic community.
04:11Syria has been purified.
04:13Earlier, he asked his fighters not to approach public institutions,
04:17adding that they remained under the control of the Prime Minister until the official passage.
04:28The fall of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad marks a major turn in the recent history of the Middle East,
04:38deeply redrawing the geopolitical map of the region.
04:42In 1970, Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar ruled the country for 54 years.
05:00A long chapter in the history of Syria and the Middle East closes with the fall of the al-Assad regime.
05:06The president in power in Syria since 2000, after succeeding his father Hafez,
05:11fled the capital Damascus and the country on Sunday, December 8, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
05:17His departure marks the conquest of the country by the coalition led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,
05:22a former branch of al-Qaeda in Syria, and probably marks the end of the regime.
05:27For several days, the rebels multiplied the advances.
05:31Everything accelerated on Saturday, December 7, then on Sunday night.
05:35The Syrian army withdrew from the airport in Damascus after Bashar al-Assad's flight,
05:40and a few minutes before the rebels claimed to have entered the capital.
05:44If the Syrian president has not yet reacted, this is not the case of his Prime Minister,
05:48Mohammad Rezi al-Jalali, who says he is ready to cooperate with the new leadership chosen by the Syrian people.
05:56These are the regime's soldiers, we guarantee their safety,
06:01and they are now under the control of the military administration.
06:05Currently, we are on the road to Homs, Damascus.
06:13We send a message to all the communities of Syria.
06:16We tell them that Syria is for everyone, without exception.
06:20Syria is for Druze, Sunnis, Alawites and all communities.
06:24We will not treat people like the Assad family did.
06:31Our happiness is immense.
06:33Thanks to God, we have no loss and no one has hurt anyone.
06:36We are simply happy with this victory.
06:38We are also happy for the prisoners who were released after years of confinement.
06:43May God protect them and grant them victory.
06:47In power since 2000, Bashar al-Assad had since 2011 repressed the Arab Spring movement
06:53which had affected other countries and contributed to the overthrow of several leaders,
06:57notably in Tunisia and Egypt.
06:59The repression turned into a ten-year civil war,
07:02causing several tens of thousands of deaths.
07:05The president has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the UN.
07:11The international community has arrived on Syria after an offensive
07:15that ended the half-century of rule of the al-Assad clan
07:19with the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
07:22Back on the main international reactions with Soheil Jalil.
07:26Back on the main international reactions with Soheil Jalil.
07:37In power in 2000, Bashar al-Assad fled his country when his regime fell.
07:42The rushed departure of the Syrian president made the world react.
07:47Today, we look to the future with hopeful hopes of opening,
07:51of peace, of reconciliation, of dignity and of inclusion for all Syrians,
07:56said in a statement the UN emissary in Syria, Geir Pedersen.
08:01On his side, Amnesty International pointed out that the perpetrators of the crimes
08:05under the power of Bashar al-Assad should be judged during a fair trial,
08:10excluding the death penalty and praising a historical opportunity to break the spiral of violence.
08:16Russia, once one of the main supporters of the Syrian regime,
08:19claimed that Bashar al-Assad had resigned from his post and left the country,
08:23giving the instruction to proceed to the transfer of power in a peaceful way.
08:28Iran supports Bashar al-Assad and whose embassy in Damascus was raided by protesters,
08:33said to wish the continuation of friendly relations with Syria.
08:37Iranian diplomacy, however, has indicated that its policy towards Syria
08:41is likely to evolve according to the evolution in Syria and in the region.
08:46China, on the other hand, follows closely the evolution of the situation in Syria
08:50and hopes that the country will regain stability as soon as possible,
08:53wrote the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
08:56Israel saluted the fall of a central link of the axis of evil led by Iran.
09:01Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees there a direct consequence of the blows
09:06to Iran and Hezbollah.
09:08Another neighbor of Syria, Iraq, called for the respect of the will of the Syrian people
09:12and wanted to emphasize that security, territorial integrity and independence of Syria
09:17are of great importance.
09:19Its fall is positive and had been expected for a long time,
09:22while also showing the weakness and support of Assad.
09:25Russia and Iran said about X the head of the EU diplomacy, Kayak Alas.
09:31The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
09:34assured her that the European Union was ready to help rebuild a Syria that protects all minorities.
09:40Ukraine, at war and invaded by Russia in 2022,
09:43claimed that the dictators who bet on Putin were doomed to fall.
09:47The state of barbarism has fallen, congratulated President Emmanuel Macron,
09:51while emphasizing that France remained committed to the security of all in the Middle East, in the region.
09:57On the other hand, the United Kingdom also saluted the fall of a barbaric regime.
10:01The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer,
10:03emphasized that the priority is now to ensure that a political solution prevails.
10:08In the United States, the spokesman for the National Security Council
10:12said that President Biden and his team
10:15were closely following the extraordinary events in Syria
10:18and are in permanent contact with regional contacts.
10:22According to US President Donald Trump,
10:24Bashar al-Assad fled Syria after losing the support of his protector, Russia.
10:30Spain will push with all the countries most involved in the region
10:33so that it is the solution for the future of Syria and is peaceful,
10:37said the head of diplomacy, José Manuel Alvarez.
10:41In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said
10:44that it is now essential that the law and order be quickly restored in Syria.
10:49On the other hand, Turkey said it would intensify its work
10:52with the countries of the region and international actors in the coming days
10:57to ensure a smooth transition.
10:59And finally, one of the heads of the United Arab Emirates
11:02urged the Syrians to work together to avoid chaos.
11:08And know that yesterday, the Syrian army imposed a curfew
11:11on the inhabitants of five towns located in the Tampon area of Golan,
11:15on the outskirts of the part of this Syrian plateau occupied and annexed by Israel.
11:21Earlier in the day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced
11:26that after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
11:29he ordered the army to take control of the Tampon area of Golan,
11:33located in the south-west of Syria.
11:41Let's talk about something else now.
11:43Even hotter than the record of 2023,
11:47it is now certain that 2024 will be the first year
11:51beyond the 1.5 degree Celsius warming
11:55compared to the pre-industrial period,
11:57a long-term limit set by the Paris Agreement in November,
12:01marked by a succession of typhoons, devastating in Asia.
12:06And the pursuit of historical droughts in South Africa or the Amazon
12:10was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than a normal November month,
12:17according to the latest UN calculations.
12:19The world is not at all on the right track to reduce its carbon pollution
12:23to avoid a very strong aggravation of droughts,
12:26heatwaves or torrential rains already observed,
12:29costly in human life and in economic impact.
12:33Current policies of the nations lead the world
12:36to a catastrophic warming of 3.1 degrees Celsius
12:40over the century, or even 2.6 degrees Celsius.
12:44The promises of doing better are kept, according to the UN.
12:48Countries have until February to submit to the United Nations
12:52the revision of their climate objectives by 2035,
12:56called determined contributions at the national level.
13:04Right now, let's hear the best of the guests of Media TV.
13:15A political system, a political regime, falls in 10 days.
13:24In this way, it was inexplicable for us.
13:29And apparently there are a lot of internal conditions
13:36and also external reasons for this fall,
13:42especially that the Assad regime relies a lot on Russian support.
13:48I think the Russians have abandoned it.
13:51There was also a conflict of interests with the Iranians.
13:57We have not seen a massive Iranian intervention,
14:00especially with Iraq, which is just close,
14:03or with Hezbollah, which is very close.
14:07I think that the rapid rebel advance in this way
14:13has not allowed a kind of intervention
14:18to try to stop the rapid advance of the rebels towards the capital.
14:29It should be known that the Syrians started the revolution in 2011
14:36and our objective is not the fall of the regime.
14:40Our objective is to have a free, democratic Syria,
14:44a country that builds on the notion of citizenship
14:48and that gives equal rights to all citizens,
14:51regardless of their ethnicity, their religion and the color of their skin.
14:56So it's a very important step on this path,
15:01but it's a step and there are still many, many steps to go.
15:10Syria is a cradle of civilization, one of the cradles of civilization,
15:15and we also hope to have our role as Syrians
15:19in the well-being and future of humanity.
15:24For this we have a difficult phase
15:28and we need everyone's help, that's clear.
15:32But at the same time, I think we will have to look at it as an independent country
15:38that is also able to manage its own affairs
15:42with, of course, the ability to dialogue with everyone,
15:46but certainly not in the order or direction of anyone.
15:59When we watch the videos of Aleppo, Hamas and other cities,
16:04especially Damascus and Homs,
16:07it shows that there is also a will,
16:10that the people are happy with this reinforcement of power.
16:15Especially, we have seen the release of thousands of prisoners
16:21who have lived in prison.
16:24Some have lived for 43 years.
16:27I saw a prisoner who spent 43 years in prison
16:32because a pilot refused to bomb the city of Hama 43 years ago.
16:41This shows that there is a contradictory atmosphere of the regime.
16:48There were people who were with,
16:50and on the other hand, there was a majority who were against this regime
16:54because of its mediocre living conditions.
16:58In Aleppo, there was no electricity.
17:01Since the arrival of the rebels, there has been a lack of electricity.
17:05Before, there was just one hour of electricity per day.
17:08In Damascus, the economic situation is catastrophic.
17:12I think it's a reaction of people who have hope
17:18that there will be a better future after 54 years of this authoritarian regime
17:24that has not managed to have better conditions.
17:32What is happening in Syria is already surrealistic
17:35because it happened in less than two weeks.
17:39And also because Syria is a country where there are many geopolitical issues.
17:45In any case, these are geopolitical issues at the level of the planet
17:48which also translate at the level of Syria.
17:51So we don't control everything that will happen.
17:55What we can say is that we share the aspiration for a prosperous, stable and democratic country.
18:02And that we, as a Syrian civil society,
18:06will do everything possible for us to play our role,
18:12to achieve this goal,
18:14and to ensure that the Syrians have a proud country
18:21that respects them as citizens
18:25and that gives them the desire to live there and the pride to live there.