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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
We're recording this at 16 hours GMT on Monday, the 8th of December.
Syria marks the first anniversary of the end of the Assad regime.
The Nigerian government secures the release of 100 children kidnapped from a Catholic school last month.
And Ukraine's President Zelensky meets key European allies in London.
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But first,
it is a year
since a lightning offensive by Islamist-led rebels in Syria ended five decades of brutal rule by the Assad family.
The new authorities have been marking the anniversary with a military parade in the capital Damascus,
a huge crowd gathered in Umayyad Square waving flags and beating drums.
However, despite that celebration of new freedoms,
the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad 12 months ago hasn't brought an end to the challenges facing Syria.
Dr Omar Imadi is at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University in Scotland.
I think it's important to keep in mind that what fell on December 8th,