Will Syrians return home?

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Syrian refugees are celebrating the end of the Assad regime. But for Omar Alshogre and millions like him, going back to Syria is a complicated decision. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Syrians arriving at the border crossing between Lebanon and Syria to return home following the collapse of the Baath Party regime. Photo by Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The most beautiful moment was when I was seeing the prisoners being liberated from Aleppo and further to Hamas and to Homs.
0:08.3	And then when they came close to Sayyidna, prison, it got really serious in my heart because it was a place that I know very well.
0:16.6	I spent almost a year there.
0:18.9	That was when Omar El Shoguri was 19 years old.
0:22.4	Today he's 29.
0:23.7	He's living and working in Stockholm,
0:25.4	and he was watching as Syria's dictatorship fell.
0:28.9	I didn't know that a human being could be so happy before.
0:32.8	I'm telling you, the joy was so unmatchable.
0:36.9	I wanted to laugh so hard. I wanted to jump, but I ended up
0:42.3	crying like a baby, and I cry of joy, the joy of being free. It's the first time I feel it.
0:50.4	Now Omar has a choice to make, his happy life in Sweden or his newly freed country.
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