'The Revolution Has Won': Syrians In Iraqi Kurdistan Celebrate Assad's Fall

Syrians wave opposition flags, one with the portrait of late rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout in Arbil, in the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, after rebels captured the Syrian capital (Credit: AFP)

Brandishing the flag of the opposition, dozens of Syrian refugees in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad, dubbing the Syrian president's fall a victory for the "revolution".

After nearly 14 years of civil war in their home country, Syrians gathered near the centuries-old citadel in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil, many of them breaking out into the traditional dabkeh dance on the streets.