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[00:00:06] "Allah says in the Hadith Qudsi, 'Be merciful to those on
[00:00:11] and Baalbek in
[00:00:15] the will is not
[00:00:16] you assume any, any person. We came from
[00:00:18] and hope does
[00:00:21] I hope that the officials, Haji, will find a solution to this
[00:00:24] issue. What is the value of your property? Today, it's $30,000. You take a certain
[00:00:28] percentage from it. You don't slaughter the man from morning till night. He's
[00:00:32] working to cover rent and living expenses, and the high cost of living is killing people. We have
[00:00:35] demolished houses, so where are we going to live? In the street?
[00:00:40] and trusting relationships with Our house was destroyed, and we were trapped, and our livelihood was lost. Praise be to God, I am a tenant, and I'm praying for you,
[00:00:44] tenant. I'm praying for you. You don't want to secure houses; you want to secure
[00:00:48] other areas. May God send us honest people to lower the rents of houses
[00:00:51] and shops. Have mercy on those on Earth, and He who is in
[00:00:57] They called him a defector. They asked why he left Heaven will have mercy on you.
[00:01:00] Rents have exhausted us. You hear
[00:01:03] 19 months in this phrase everywhere you go in Syria, in Homs, in the place where
[00:01:05] we are now, in Aleppo, in Damascus, in all Syrian governorates.
[00:01:08] Everyone is complaining about the rising prices
[00:01:12] and rents of properties, houses, shops,
[00:01:16] and others. We filmed a report a while ago on the rising
[00:01:19] rents of houses and shops. Unfortunately, no solutions were
[00:01:22] found for
[00:01:26] with this issue, which is a concern for everyone. Someone might say, "I left a tent," or
[00:01:30] "I was displaced outside Syria and returned to Syria to find my house demolished. I tried
[00:01:34] to rent, but the rents are sky-high." The prices
[00:01:38] and rents are sky-high and exaggerated.
[00:01:41] Unfortunately, no one is intervening, and no one is implementing
[00:01:45] deterrent laws to control the rents
[00:01:47] of houses and commercial shops. We came today
[00:01:51] to convey people's voices, to talk about this issue, about the rising
[00:01:54] rents of houses and
[00:01:58] commercial shops. Today, if no limits are set
[00:02:01] by the state to control the greed of traders and
[00:02:05] property owners over
[00:02:06] in the capital, demanding properties, then today you face a problem that could
[00:02:09] escalate. Today, we have seen families sleeping
[00:02:13] in the street many times, families sleeping in the street. Today, I am one of those people
[00:02:16] who, because I hosted guests in my house,
[00:02:19] with the landlord came to me
[00:02:21] independence from France, and threatened me. I am a tenant, yes, here
[00:02:23] in Al-Khalidiya, next to the hardship. The tenant came to me and threatened
[00:02:27] to evict me because I hosted guests in my house.
[00:02:36] But they don't renovate the house. The people from outside, the relatives of the people threatened me with eviction, not once,
[00:02:40] but twice. Today, I am a son
[00:02:42] of this homeland.
[00:02:45] wanted to impose their control over The rents in this homeland are high and low.
[00:02:49] we cross-reference them with The rents are high and very high. I am working two jobs, one for the state
[00:02:53] that would overcome and one during my vacation, so that I can cover the rent
[00:02:55] of the house from my salary and live from my salary, even though I am barely managing
[00:02:58] to make ends meet. I am barely managing to get married. I
[00:03:02] and think about am not married. I am not married, brother. I hope
[00:03:05] this message reaches the Governor of Homs, and may God bless him,
[00:03:09] and those who are more important than the Governor of Homs, may God bless them.
[00:03:12] The officials who are hearing this and seeing us today
[00:03:15] through Syria TV's platform and through the media, may God bless you, Mr.
[00:03:18] Hadi, I hope this voice reaches them because I am speaking today
[00:03:21] with pain. This pain is not coming from nowhere. Today, I don't want to take
[00:03:25] from my salary, which does not exceed $250, and put $200
[00:03:28] for house rent. How can I live with $50? I am
[00:03:32] working a second job. I am working for the state, and when my
[00:03:36] shift ends, I come and work a second job
[00:03:39] an amount would lead in the country during my vacation. We are not used to unemployment,
[00:03:41] and these men, as you can see, are working one, two, or three jobs
[00:03:44] so that you also have electricity, and
[00:03:48] you also have, they say, water. Now, in summer, may God bless them, they didn't fall short. Electricity is coming,
[00:03:51] but, brother, the high cost of electricity is equivalent to the house rent. I
[00:03:55] hope that the officials, Haji, will find a solution to this
[00:03:58] issue. Your property value. You today have $30,000. Take a certain percentage from it.
[00:04:01] Don't slaughter the man who works from morning till night
[00:04:05] just for rent, living expenses, and the high cost of living. The high cost of living is killing
[00:04:08] people. I'm speaking frankly. My siblings came from abroad,
[00:04:12] no one stayed here and settled,
[00:04:16] but they were all planning to come and settle. When they saw, by God, they were
[00:04:19] planning to settle, but no one bought anything and no one settled and they went back. It's
[00:04:23] expensive and the living is difficult. What can one say?
[00:04:26] One can only say, "Praise be to God in all circumstances." Inshallah, Lord, Inshallah. Hassan, may
[00:04:30] God bless you. I love you very much. I really,
[00:04:33] I've known you for about 14 years and I've been following you and communicating with you.
[00:04:37] Since the beginning of the revolution, may
[00:04:39] God protect you and bless you. And praise be to God, may God save you from death and protect
[00:04:43] you for us. May God grant you a long life in
[00:04:44] obedience. May God bless you.
[00:04:48] By God, since the beginning of the revolution, since you came out and I used to talk to Sheikh
[00:04:52] Adnan al-Aroor, until this hour, I wished to
[00:04:55] see him. May God protect you, Lord.
[00:04:57] May God strengthen you, Lord. May God bless you. What
[00:05:01] do you think about the rents of houses and shops?
[00:05:05] By God, the rents are very high, but praise be to God
[00:05:10] trace back to the city of Elche in to Akrama, to for the blessing of liberation. Mazha, to Praise be to God, it's a great blessing, but the indicators... People don't
[00:05:13] show mercy. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
[00:05:18] Earth, and He who is in Heaven will have mercy on you.'" This means mercy is required. Mercy
[00:05:22] is required because you are showing mercy
[00:05:24] to your Muslim brother, and your Muslim brother has come, meaning, after a long
[00:05:28] and devastating war, things require great
[00:05:31] mercy, Inshallah. May God bless you, uncle. How
[00:05:35] are you? O Abdullah, may God bless you, Lord.
[00:05:39] May God protect you. May God bless you. How are you? You brightened our day.
[00:05:42] By God, professor, with peace. May God bless you. You brightened our day. Welcome. May God protect you, Lord. Uncle,
[00:05:46] what do you think about the rents of houses and shops
[00:05:49] in Homs? By God, uncle, I don't have a cart
[00:05:52] for fava beans. Why don't I rent a shop? Because
[00:05:56] our house was destroyed, and we were trapped, and
[00:05:59] our livelihood was lost. Praise be to God for your safety. May God protect you. Where
[00:06:02] do you live now? Now I live here in the neighborhood. He used to have a job,
[00:06:06] he had a government job.
[00:06:10] his job. They imprisoned him for six months from the military.
[00:06:13] This old man was beaten in military security until he became Haj. Praise be to
[00:06:16] God for your safety.
[00:06:21] Please, what do you think about the rents of houses and shops in Homs?
[00:06:24] By God, everyone is exploiting the situation when it comes
[00:06:27] to rent. By God, it's fire,
[00:06:30] fire. No one has mercy. May God send us honest people to lower the rents
[00:06:34] of houses and shops,
[00:06:36] and may this dollar go down, and may there be proper electricity
[00:06:40] and mazut and gasoline for this worship. Yes, it's hellfire.
[00:06:43] The house rent, the house rent is 300, 300
[00:06:47] dollars. Who is working for 300 dollars? For
[00:06:50] God's sake, look at the middle and lower-class workers. Don't look at
[00:06:54] engineers and doctors. We are
[00:06:57] poor people, and I am responsible for myself. I am from outside. May God bless
[00:07:01] you. You were telling us a solution. We came for
[00:07:04] the issue of rising rents. By God, it needs a radical solution.
[00:07:08] I mean, the government must intervene in the matter,
[00:07:11] otherwise it will be impossible. Is it reasonable that the rent for a house
[00:07:15] is $300 in an area that has no
[00:07:18] services, not even the simplest things, no garbage collection? I don't want to say anything more than that,
[00:07:22] Professor. This is a bit much. There are no sanitation workers.
[00:07:26] They are available. By God, the shop owners, we sweep and clean every day.
[00:07:29] The shop owners, but no one comes to us at all.
[00:07:33] And it's all individual effort. God testifies that all these containers are individual
[00:07:37] effort. I swear to God, it's all individual effort. Here, no one comes to us
[00:07:40] at all. So what's the reason for the rise?
[00:07:43] It's not just in Homs, by the way, it's in Damascus, Aleppo, all governorates have
[00:07:46] a crazy rise. What do you think is the solution? The solution
[00:07:50] is not to secure houses, you need to secure
[00:07:53] other areas. God, you have, from here to Hama,
[00:07:57] you have empty land. These areas can be developed. You have from here to Damascus road
[00:08:00] empty, to Hasakah empty. These areas can be developed and sold to people as houses.
[00:08:04] Now, I mean, if I say today I will pay, for example, a certain amount and complete it there,
[00:08:08] I will live there. What's the problem with me? Am I right or wrong? Like I
[00:08:13] mean, if it's developed, we will remain under the mercy of these people. You are sitting
[00:08:16] here, you are here in the area for 300, 300, 250,
[00:08:20] 300. You don't know, maybe next year it will be 350 dollars, 400
[00:08:24] dollars, right? Or am I wrong? Okay, let's expand a bit.
[00:08:27] Homs is very crowded. Or a law should be put in place that there is an upper limit
[00:08:31] for rent. As far as I know, Professor Hadi, this law is difficult to implement in any
[00:08:34] city and in any world. You need to expand. Expand a bit.
[00:08:37] Homs won't work otherwise. I am a tenant. You are a tenant. You are
[00:08:41] paying 10,000 with water and electricity, and a complete building.
[00:08:45] All of us are tenants in Ahmed Masharif's building. I'm not
[00:08:48] lying. Ahmed Masharif's building
[00:08:51] is a first-class construction. He takes 60,000 from the tenant. He is a man
[00:08:55] who fears God. Brother, pray for me, and may God guide him
[00:08:59] and grant him a long life. If there are tenants, but their number is small, who
[00:09:02] fear God. I'm telling you, I'm not lying. All the buildings
[00:09:06] in the neighborhood know him. He pays 60,000 and
[00:09:09] told them, "People, just pray for me."
[00:09:13] When was your story like this? I used to fear God, guys. This is
[00:09:16] a message to the tenants. You either find
[00:09:20] for the landlords. O tenant, I'm praying for you. O landlord, I'm praying against you.
[00:09:24] Never. God is my witness, brother. I'm telling you, where is Ahmed Mujrim's building?
[00:09:27] You are a tenant for $300 today
[00:09:30] in this situation. I mean, who is it? Today, if
[00:09:34] $250 today, let's talk about $250. The head of the family pays
[00:09:37] how much does he need to live? He needs
[00:09:40] the same amount or a little more. How can he live as the head of the family with salaries
[00:09:44] like these? All the country is difficult. The situation is truly
[00:09:48] a disaster. I hope this voice reaches them. I mean, our houses are not demolished.
[00:09:52] I mean, where are we going to live? In the street? He says we used to live well, that's fine.
[00:09:56] But here, I mean, we came back to our country, and there's nothing. Our house
[00:09:59] is demolished and in disrepair, and we need to rent at high prices, and the prices
[00:10:03] are high. What do you think is the solution? The solution in my opinion is that, for example,
[00:10:06] I mean, the governorate, what's it called? These rents
[00:10:09] should be lowered a bit. I mean, for example, brother, instead of
[00:10:17] 50,000, it's acceptable. I mean, 50,000 is acceptable per month. But now you go
[00:10:22] Shammas, to Idkhari, $45, $100,
[00:10:25] and $600. By God, there are cases that reach $100, uncle, and even $1000.
[00:10:29] Furnished apartments even reach $1000. Now I am a tenant for $150.
[00:10:32] What is that for? And my salary is $250. What am I going to do for you? $100 for electricity, water,
[00:10:36] internet, food and drink, and, excuse me,
[00:10:41] the north. You know, we've been displaced for 14 years. Now
[00:10:45] I have two martyrs, may God accept them. You know how.
[00:10:47] Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.
[00:10:51] But we returned to our country and we want to settle in a place. I mean, a place that, for example, brother,
[00:10:55] first of all, what do you think is the solution? The solution now is for the governor to come out, he is responsible
[00:10:57] for everything. He should issue a decision that, brother, rents less than
[00:11:01] 50,000 are haram. I mean,
[00:11:04] less than 50,000 or more than 50,000
[00:11:08] in some areas. This is an assessment of the areas, that this area
[00:11:11] is acceptable, Professor Abd Allah. I mean, 50,000
[00:11:14] is acceptable. I mean, a house will not be eaten from, nor will it
[00:11:18] be what's its name? It's just for the people to live in and protect themselves.
[00:11:22] Inshallah, your voice has reached, and my respects, uncle. May God have mercy on the martyrs.
[00:12:09] Official inflation data reveals the reality of living
[00:12:13] in Syria over 15 years. With the continued
[00:12:16] currency exchange process, a gap emerges in small
[00:12:19] denominations, which disrupts citizens'
[00:12:22] daily transactions. Between these two, we will discuss
[00:12:26] the causes, solutions, and economic implications. We put
[00:12:29] these files under the microscope today in "The Economic Monitor"
[00:12:32] on Syria TV
[00:12:44] those who witnessed
[00:12:45] the changes
[00:12:51] and experienced the country's conditions and transformations.
[00:12:57] Some of them were part of
[00:12:59] its story, recounting the details as
[00:13:02] they lived them, not as
[00:13:04] they were written.
[00:13:09] We record the moments, we hear
[00:13:11] the narratives, documents
[00:13:15] and history.
[00:13:23] We converse
[00:13:27] tomorrow so that those experiences
[00:13:30] reach you alive, in the voices of their owners
[00:13:34] and the expressions
[00:13:36] on their faces.
[00:13:39] A testimony for history.
[00:15:15] Jamil Al-Shi
[00:15:19] Jamil Al-Shi, a friend of France, who
[00:15:23] said no. Jamil Al-Shi was born in
[00:15:27] Damascus in
[00:15:28] 1883
[00:15:31] to a family whose origins
[00:15:35] Andalusia. His father was one of the witty
[00:15:38] people of Damascus, whom people would visit to enjoy his conversation.
[00:15:42] He was also one of the religious scholars, and he served
[00:15:45] as a judge in Douma, in the Ghouta of Damascus,
[00:15:49] the Beqaa. His son, Jamil, joined
[00:15:52] the Ottoman army and rose to the rank of
[00:15:55] colonel. After the collapse of Ottoman rule in
[00:15:58] Bilad al-Sham and the declaration of the Syrian Kingdom in
[00:16:02] 1919,
[00:16:05] Al-Shi transferred his military service to the nascent
[00:16:09] kingdom and worked as a military commissioner on its behalf in Beirut.
[00:16:12] There, he was able to build strong
[00:16:18] the French, which played a role in the positions
[00:16:21] he later held.
[00:16:23] بعد
[00:16:31] As soon as General Gouraud's forces entered
[00:16:33] Damascus, Jamil Al-Shi returned to it
[00:16:36] to assume the position of Minister of War in
[00:16:40] the government of Ala al-Din al-Droubi, which was
[00:16:42] formed after King Faisal's departure from
[00:16:46] Syria in 1920.
[00:16:49] In the same year, Prime Minister
[00:16:52] al-Droubi was assassinated in the village of Kharbat Ghazaleh
[00:16:55] in Houran. An agreement was reached to appoint
[00:16:58] Al-Shi in his place, due to his strong
[00:17:02] relationships
[00:17:04] the French. Al-Shi remained in his position
[00:17:08] for only two months and 25 days,
[00:17:11] as Gouraud ordered him to dissolve the Ministry
[00:17:14] of War. However, Al-Shi strongly refused,
[00:17:17] eventually submitting his resignation
[00:17:20] and retiring from political work for eight
[00:17:24] years.
[00:17:29] Jamil Al-Shi returned to the political arena again with
[00:17:33] the arrival of his friend, Taj al-Din al-Hasani, to the position of
[00:17:36] head of government, where he was appointed
[00:17:40] Minister of Finance in
[00:17:42] 1928.
[00:17:45] He also served as Minister of Public Works
[00:17:49] when al-Hasani formed his new government in
[00:17:52] 1934,
[00:17:56] where he continued his work until al-Hasani's government resigned
[00:18:00] following the famous sixty-day strike in
[00:18:03] 1936.
[00:18:14] After a series of disturbances that Syria suffered from
[00:18:17] generally, and Damascus
[00:18:20] in particular, President Taj al-Din al-Hasani
[00:18:23] in 1943
[00:18:27] wanted to form a consensus government
[00:18:31] the great political tension. He entrusted
[00:18:34] his old friend, Al-Shi, with forming the government.
[00:18:37] So, it was Al-Shi's
[00:18:39] second government.
[00:18:43] A few days later, President Al-Hasani died,
[00:18:47] and Jamil Al-Shi became president of the country
[00:18:50] by virtue of the constitution. In the same year,
[00:18:53] ironically, a major dispute occurred between Al-Shi
[00:18:57] and the French delegate, which led him to submit
[00:19:00] his resignation, as the French asked him
[00:19:04] to pay 15 million Syrian pounds
[00:19:08] to finance the French war effort. However, Al-Shi
[00:19:11] flatly refused, saying that such
[00:19:16] to a budget deficit.
[00:19:19] After that, he submitted his second resignation
[00:19:22] and never returned to political
[00:19:25] work.
[00:19:30] Jamil Al-Shi died in Damascus in
[00:19:33] 1951,
[00:19:36] and he carried a strange irony, as his relationship
[00:19:40] with the French was a reason for his rise to power,
[00:19:43] just as his sharp disagreements
[00:19:46] with them were the reason for his rapid
[00:19:49] resignations.
[00:19:59] Bashar al-Assad's escape from
[00:20:01] Damascus in a time when events are accelerating.
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[00:20:52] Syria, the rock of steadfastness, the cradle
[00:20:56] of civilizations, from the fires of war,
[00:21:00] witnessed unprecedented destruction.
[00:21:02] But
[00:21:05] broken,
[00:21:08] not die. Today, we write
[00:21:12] a new chapter in our history,
[00:21:14] a chapter of construction and reconstruction,
[00:21:18] a chapter in which we prove to the world that we are one
[00:21:22] strong and cohesive people.
[00:21:25] With the efforts of its people and the spirit
[00:21:28] of cooperation, Syria rises again.
[00:21:32] We build it stronger,
[00:21:34] more beautiful, and more
[00:21:37] prosperous. The new
[00:21:39] Syria is the Syria
[00:21:42] of the future, the Syria of science
[00:21:45] and knowledge, the Syria of beauty
[00:21:48] and culture.
[00:21:52] The Syria we all
[00:21:54] deserve.
[00:21:57] We will not stop until we reach our goal.
[00:22:00] We will not stop until we make Syria
[00:22:03] the pride of Arabs and the world.
[00:22:06] Syria, we build
[00:22:10] together.
[00:22:16] Let us enter, as we are indeed one who drinks the amount, but
[00:22:20] they must calculate the amount they want to drink until 8 PM. One person after that
[00:22:23] has a cup.
[00:22:28] We started opening the lid, putting it down, covering
[00:22:31] the blankets.
[00:22:36] A soldier killed someone. There is no problem. I mean, they tell the displaced person
[00:22:39] to put him in the blanket
[00:22:40] and take him out.
[00:22:44] We watch
[00:22:47] a can of sardines. We started seeing something new. I mean, it's been
[00:22:51] a long time since we've seen a can of sardines or a can
[00:22:53] of tuna.
[00:22:59] I don't like to call myself oppressed. I say about myself that I entered
[00:23:03] a battle with a regime and lost it.
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[00:23:26] and become complex.
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[00:24:48] Hassan
[00:25:11] Al-Hakim, Hassan Al-Hakim, an economist
[00:25:14] and administrator, a patriot
[00:25:17] sentenced to death,
[00:25:20] and the prime minister who granted
[00:25:23] independence during his era.
[00:25:27] Hassan Al-Hakim was born in
[00:25:31] 1886
[00:25:34] in the city
[00:25:36] of Damascus. He studied there and then moved to
[00:25:40] Istanbul to complete his education, where
[00:25:43] he was interested in administrative and economic affairs.
[00:25:46] He was appointed to important administrative positions in
[00:25:50] the Ottoman Sultanate.
[00:25:52] When the Ottoman army withdrew from Syria, Al-Hakim
[00:25:55] held the position of Director of the
[00:25:59] Army Supplies and Provisions in Damascus, meaning he was responsible for the logistical
[00:26:02] services
[00:26:03] for the army.
[00:26:11] With the beginning of the Faisalite era in Syria, Al-Hakim
[00:26:14] was appointed as a financial inspector, then as Director
[00:26:18] General of Posts, and remained in his position until the French
[00:26:21] forces entered Damascus in
[00:26:24] 1920.
[00:26:26] Al-Hakim was tried at that time on the pretext
[00:26:29] that he deliberately delayed the delivery of a telegram
[00:26:32] from Prince Faisal accepting Gouraud's ultimatum.
[00:26:35] However, the court later acquitted him,
[00:26:38] and he left Damascus for
[00:26:41] Cairo. Al-Hakim's stay in
[00:26:45] Egypt was not long, as Prince Abdullah bin
[00:26:48] Al-Hussein soon summoned him to the Emirate of Transjordan to manage
[00:26:52] financial affairs as Minister of Finance. Al-Hakim was forced
[00:26:55] to return to Syria in
[00:26:57] 1922
[00:27:01] to be tried by the French and spend
[00:27:05] prison.
[00:27:09] Al-Hakim participated in the Great Syrian Revolt in
[00:27:13] 1925, and was sentenced to
[00:27:16] death. He fled to Jordan, then
[00:27:20] Palestine. He remained there until
[00:27:23] 1934,
[00:27:26] when he took over the management of the Arab Bank in
[00:27:29] Jaffa. The Iraqi government requested
[00:27:33] him to contribute to the establishment of the Agricultural Industrial
[00:27:35] Bank. So he traveled to Baghdad and remained
[00:27:39] there until he returned to his city, Damascus, in
[00:27:43] 1937
[00:27:46] as Director General of Endowments, then Minister
[00:27:49] of Endowments, and then Director General of the Agricultural
[00:27:53] Bank.
[00:28:01] In 1941, Al-Hakim was tasked with forming
[00:28:04] the government. Demonstrations were almost daily
[00:28:09] Syria's independence. This is what
[00:28:12] happened when France officially declared
[00:28:15] Syria's independence during his time.
[00:28:18] And when Al-Hakim tried to obtain more
[00:28:23] the French authorities procrastinated in fulfilling
[00:28:27] their promises, which led him to resign.
[00:28:30] He returned again in 1951 to form
[00:28:34] a new government, but this time
[00:28:38] it lasted no more than a few months due
[00:28:41] to disagreements between civilians and military
[00:28:44] personnel who
[00:28:48] the political arena. So, when Al-Hakim
[00:28:51] tried to attach the gendarmerie,
[00:28:54] which was responsible for rural security at that time,
[00:28:57] to the Ministry of Interior, the army imposed its will by attaching
[00:29:00] it to the Ministry of Defense.
[00:29:05] Al-Hakim resigned and retired from politics
[00:29:08] permanently until he passed away in
[00:29:10] 1982.
[00:29:12] Al-Hakim wanted
[00:29:15] to place Syria in the Western bloc and dreamed
[00:29:18] of a progressive nation similar to Western
[00:29:22] countries. However, his dreams were not
[00:29:24] realized, so he left behind him
[00:29:28] books, including his famous book, "A Page
[00:29:30] from the Life of Al-Shahbandar,"
[00:29:33] hoping they would flourish again. The most important news, viewers.
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[00:30:44] and economy, and emphasize the necessity of stopping
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