Lise Doucette
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Just listen to the sound of the city. There's a lightness in the air now. It's so different from the darkness of a decade ago when Syrian forces lay siege to the old city and neighbourhoods nearby.
Just listen to the sound of the city. There's a lightness in the air now. It's so different from the darkness of a decade ago when Syrian forces lay siege to the old city and neighbourhoods nearby.
Dr. Hayan Al-Abrash survived the Old City siege, two years treating patients under fire, underground. Now he's back, for the first time in 10 years. We're going into this empty, charred warehouse now. Dr. Hayan thinks this is... where they had their underground secret makeshift hospital. Going down the stairs, oh, dark, dank, cold, chilling.
Dr. Hayan Al-Abrash survived the Old City siege, two years treating patients under fire, underground. Now he's back, for the first time in 10 years. We're going into this empty, charred warehouse now. Dr. Hayan thinks this is... where they had their underground secret makeshift hospital. Going down the stairs, oh, dark, dank, cold, chilling.
They come down the stairs? Yes. How does it feel?
They come down the stairs? Yes. How does it feel?
It must have been cold.
It must have been cold.
And Syrians gather here at the city's most iconic landmark, the new clock tower. It was here in the spring of 2011 that Syrians gathered for peaceful demonstrations to call for greater freedoms. And now, it's a place of pilgrimage. On one side, I can see women, little girls, some in headscarves, some not, posing for selfies. And around the corner, there's men with guns.
And Syrians gather here at the city's most iconic landmark, the new clock tower. It was here in the spring of 2011 that Syrians gathered for peaceful demonstrations to call for greater freedoms. And now, it's a place of pilgrimage. On one side, I can see women, little girls, some in headscarves, some not, posing for selfies. And around the corner, there's men with guns.
This is a snapshot of a new Syria.
This is a snapshot of a new Syria.