Syrians celebrate in the streets after Assad government falls
Syria's Damascus On Monday, happy Syrians with flags climbed up on a government tank that had been left in the main square of the capital city and snapped selfies.
Others destroyed or vandalized the ubiquitous images of former President Bashar al-Assad that were displayed in government buildings. Simultaneously, hundreds of Syrian exiles returned to Syria via unsecured border crossings from Lebanon.
Additionally, the tall monument of Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, the despot who initially established his tyrannical rule over Syria fifty years ago, was thrown to the ground by joyous crowds just outside of Damascus. After that, they dragged it past applauding onlookers through the streets while attached to the back of a truck.
The noises of rebels firing their AK-47s into the air, honking...