Latakia (Syria) (AFP) – “We cried with happiness. Finally, we have been freed after a long period of oppression” says a resident of Syria’s port city of Latakia as she celebrates in the street after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, outsed by an Islamist-led opposition alliance. Syria’s 14-year civil war killed 500,000 people and forced half the country to flee their homes.
