Syrians hope for freedom, democracy in wake of Assad’s ousting

Syrians have reacted positively to the appointment of interim prime minister, Mohammad al-Bashir, says FRANCE 24’s senior reporter James André, reporting from Damascus. Hopes are high that new leadership will mark a new start in Syria. “One young woman was telling me that what she wants is freedom, another young man was telling me that what he wants is an opposition… he said, I don’t mind who gets into power what I want is that there be a counter-power”, André said.