'I Can Finally Go Home': Syrians In Egypt Rejoice At Fall Of Assad

People pass a Syrian restaurant in western Cairo, where Syrian businesses have clustered, and the air buzzed with celebration after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus (Credit: AFP)

Reda al-Khedr was only five when his mother escaped the siege of Homs in 2014. A decade later in Cairo, he can hardly believe the Syrian government that killed his father has fallen.

"I can barely remember Syria," Khedr, now 15, told AFP in the Egyptian capital.