After the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad on December 8, most policemen and soldiers working under the regime fled or were suspended. A total of 1.2 million state employees stopped working overnight, leaving citizens unprotected on the streets of Damascus. Syria’s new leadership spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the rebellion, are currently relying on a few thousand fighters and volunteers to fill the gap. FRANCE 24’s James André and Achraf Abid report.
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