From more perspective on the collapse of the Assad regime and the opposition that's coming to power, we turn now to Morhoff's Zhuzati.

He's a distinguished visiting professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and the former chairman of the day after.

That's a nonprofit organization that's been working toward building democratic institutions in Syria.

Morehav, good to see you. Thanks for being here.

Thank you. I just want to start with your reaction as we've been watching these scenes unfold in Syria. We're half good to see you. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Thank you. I just want to start with your reaction as we've been watching these scenes unfold in Syria,

people cheering in the streets. What has that been like for you to see?

I am absolutely elated. I'm elated just as the Syrians inside Syria and the Syrians outside of Syria.

This has been a tragic moment for the Syrians for the past 50 to 60 years of martial law,

of tyranny, of imprisonment, enslavement, torture.

This has been really a murderous regime that is corrupt

and that has put Syrians through a lot.

And so 60 years later, imagine, suddenly we are free.

The Syrians are free.

So it's a moment of total elation.

I'm also a moment of great uncertainty because we don't yet know what comes next.

When you look at the promises made by this leader of HTS, Al Jolani, what do you make of his pledge to build a pluralistic, tolerant society?

I don't simply go by his pledge. I go by the history of Hei'et Tahrir Shamm, the organization that he dominates in the

province of Idlib, where they have now an experience in governance, where he has allayed the

fears of minorities, where he has allayed the fears of minorities,

where he has not imposed hijab and so on on women.

So I go by these things in addition to the fact that very recently he has communicated

with the elders of the Alawites, the sectarian minority.

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