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The news from Syria this week has gone all around the world.
本周来自叙利亚的消息传遍了全世界。
In the UK, many Syrians came out onto the streets to celebrate the overthrow of the Assad family, who ruled the country since the 1970s.
在英国，许多叙利亚人走上街头，庆祝自上世纪70年代以来统治该国的阿萨德家族被推翻。
To understand what's happened, you need to know a bit about what's gone on in Syria over the last 13 years.
要了解发生了什么，你需要了解一下过去13年里叙利亚的情况。
In 2011, there were protests calling for more freedom in the country.
2011年，该国发生了呼吁更多自由的抗议活动。
The president, Bashar al Assad, crushed these protests. A war began that became very brutal.
总统巴沙尔·阿萨德镇压了这些抗议活动。一场非常残酷的战争由此展开。
Extremist Islamist groups fought the government and sometimes each other.
极端伊斯兰组织与政府作战，有时这些组织还互相攻击。
It wasn't a war between two sides, but it was the people caught up in it who suffered.
这不是一场双方之间的战争，但受害的是被卷入其中的人。
Millions of people fled the country, including some refugees who came to the UK. Many of them were children when they left.
数百万人逃离了这个国家，其中就包括一些来到英国的难民。他们中的许多人离开时还是孩子。
And now the ruler who started the war is gone. But what might that mean for Syrians now?
现在发动战争的统治者已经不在了。但现在对叙利亚人来说，这意味着什么呢？
Hi, Newsround. I'm Florence Dixon, and I'm a journalist who focuses on news in the Middle East.
嗨，Newsround的观众们。我是弗洛伦斯·迪克森，我是一名关注中东新闻的记者。
There have been several days of emotional celebrations in the streets of Damascus, the capital of Syria, after rebel fighters took control and drove out the former president, Bashar al Assad.
叙利亚首都大马士革街头举行了数天的激动人心的庆祝活动，此前反对派武装夺取了控制权，并驱逐了前总统巴沙尔·阿萨德。
People danced on top of military tanks abandoned by the army, and you could hear cars beeping and crowds chanting things like freedom.
人们在被军方抛弃的军用坦克上跳舞，你可以听到汽车的嘟嘟声，人群高呼着自由之类的声音。
Many people have also traveled to the prisons in the city to try and find their loved ones, who'd been locked up for many years.
许多人还前往这座城市的监狱，试图找到他们被关押多年的亲人。
And in many cases, this wasn't because they'd committed any crimes, but it was simply because they disagreed with the former president.
在很多案件中，这些人被关押并不是因为他们犯了什么罪，而仅仅是因为他们不同意前总统的观点。
But not much is known about this rebel group who've taken over.
但关于这个已经接管政府的叛军组织，我们所知不多。
They've promised to create a free and fair Syria, where all kinds of people can live together in harmony, but they face a huge challenge in rebuilding and reuniting a country that's been at war for more than 12 years.
他们承诺建立一个自由和公平的叙利亚，各种各样的人可以和睦相处，但他们面临着重建和重新统一这个已经处于战争状态超过12年的国家的巨大挑战。
Some people also fear that they'll impose harsh laws and punish people who don't obey.
有些人还担心他们会实施严厉的法律，惩罚那些不遵守法律的人。
The groups also been involved in ruthless fighting with other groups as well as the army. So many people feel like they can't trust what they say now.
这些组织还被卷入到了与其他组织以及军方的残酷战斗。很多人认为，他们无法相信这个组织现在的言论。
