Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
Over the last two years, Ohio has welcomed close to 900 refugees from Syria, with more than half of them settling in the Cleveland area. That's why the reaction was strung Monday to the stunning weekend ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.'The dream came true,' said Lobna Alassil. 'Do you know the impossible? Now we believe there is no impossible.'Her family fled Syria in the 80s for Saudi Arabia under the reign of Assad's father.
'He had a statue on every single city. So we're in Cleveland now, he would have a statue here. Broadview Heights, he would have one. Westlake, he will have one,' she said. 'They put these statues on the floor just to feel that you're not here anymore.'Some Syrians I spoke with shared their excitement but wished not to go on camera just yet until they get a better feel for all that this regime change involves. Emotions recognized by President Biden Sunday.
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