How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator

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  In Damascus this week,

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  Syrians packed into the city's central square to celebrate one year

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  since the fall of the Assad regime.

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  When Syria's former dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country last December in 2024,

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  it brought an end to almost 14 years of civil war.

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  The UN estimates over 13 million people have been displaced and more than 580,000 people were killed.

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  So for many, the celebrations this week were bittersweet.

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  I think every person we lose is here now with us.

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  He's in the sky with us.

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  He's seeing us when we are happy and he's happy.

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  We're not sad for losing them because they did this road for us.

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  Much of the hope for the future of Syria now rests on the actions of the former jihadist who's leading the country,

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  Ahmed Alshara.

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  At a speech on Monday,

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  Al-Sharah said that Syria is the story of people who were patient and steadfast, turned victorious.

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  And the new leaders spoke of guaranteeing accountability for those who had committed crimes.

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  And in the past year, Al-Sharah has launched an international charm offensive,

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  becoming the first Syrian leader in history to visit the White House.

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  But has life improved for ordinary Syrians?

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  and has al-Sharah proven that he's the reformer the West so desperately wants him to be.

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