BBC in Umayyad Square amid deafening gunfire

Rebel fighters and members of the public have gathered in Damascus to celebrate the end of President Assad's regime.

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The BBC's Lina Sinjab was drowned out by the sounds of celebratory gunfire as she reported from the scene.

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