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00:00:06"Allah says in the Hadith Qudsi, 'Be merciful to those on
00:00:11and Baalbek in
00:00:15the will is not
00:00:16you assume any, any person. We came from
00:00:18and hope does
00:00:21I hope that the officials, Haji, will find a solution to this
00:00:24issue. What is the value of your property? Today, it's $30,000. You take a certain
00:00:28percentage from it. You don't slaughter the man from morning till night. He's
00:00:32working to cover rent and living expenses, and the high cost of living is killing people. We have
00:00:35demolished houses, so where are we going to live? In the street?
00:00:40and 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,
00:00:44tenant. I'm praying for you. You don't want to secure houses; you want to secure
00:00:48other areas. May God send us honest people to lower the rents of houses
00:00:51and shops. Have mercy on those on Earth, and He who is in
00:00:57They called him a defector. They asked why he left Heaven will have mercy on you.
00:01:00Rents have exhausted us. You hear
00:01:0319 months in this phrase everywhere you go in Syria, in Homs, in the place where
00:01:05we are now, in Aleppo, in Damascus, in all Syrian governorates.
00:01:08Everyone is complaining about the rising prices
00:01:12and rents of properties, houses, shops,
00:01:16and others. We filmed a report a while ago on the rising
00:01:19rents of houses and shops. Unfortunately, no solutions were
00:01:22found for
00:01:26with 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
00:01:34to rent, but the rents are sky-high." The prices
00:01:38and rents are sky-high and exaggerated.
00:01:41Unfortunately, no one is intervening, and no one is implementing
00:01:45deterrent laws to control the rents
00:01:47of houses and commercial shops. We came today
00:01:51to convey people's voices, to talk about this issue, about the rising
00:01:54rents of houses and
00:01:58commercial shops. Today, if no limits are set
00:02:01by the state to control the greed of traders and
00:02:05property owners over
00:02:06in the capital, demanding properties, then today you face a problem that could
00:02:09escalate. Today, we have seen families sleeping
00:02:13in the street many times, families sleeping in the street. Today, I am one of those people
00:02:16who, because I hosted guests in my house,
00:02:19with the landlord came to me
00:02:21independence from France, and threatened me. I am a tenant, yes, here
00:02:23in Al-Khalidiya, next to the hardship. The tenant came to me and threatened
00:02:27to evict me because I hosted guests in my house.
00:02:36But they don't renovate the house. The people from outside, the relatives of the people threatened me with eviction, not once,
00:02:40but twice. Today, I am a son
00:02:42of this homeland.
00:02:45wanted to impose their control over The rents in this homeland are high and low.
00:02:49we cross-reference them with The rents are high and very high. I am working two jobs, one for the state
00:02:53that would overcome and one during my vacation, so that I can cover the rent
00:02:55of the house from my salary and live from my salary, even though I am barely managing
00:02:58to make ends meet. I am barely managing to get married. I
00:03:02and think about am not married. I am not married, brother. I hope
00:03:05this message reaches the Governor of Homs, and may God bless him,
00:03:09and those who are more important than the Governor of Homs, may God bless them.
00:03:12The officials who are hearing this and seeing us today
00:03:15through Syria TV's platform and through the media, may God bless you, Mr.
00:03:18Hadi, I hope this voice reaches them because I am speaking today
00:03:21with pain. This pain is not coming from nowhere. Today, I don't want to take
00:03:25from my salary, which does not exceed $250, and put $200
00:03:28for house rent. How can I live with $50? I am
00:03:32working a second job. I am working for the state, and when my
00:03:36shift ends, I come and work a second job
00:03:39an amount would lead in the country during my vacation. We are not used to unemployment,
00:03:41and these men, as you can see, are working one, two, or three jobs
00:03:44so that you also have electricity, and
00:03:48you also have, they say, water. Now, in summer, may God bless them, they didn't fall short. Electricity is coming,
00:03:51but, brother, the high cost of electricity is equivalent to the house rent. I
00:03:55hope that the officials, Haji, will find a solution to this
00:03:58issue. Your property value. You today have $30,000. Take a certain percentage from it.
00:04:01Don't slaughter the man who works from morning till night
00:04:05just for rent, living expenses, and the high cost of living. The high cost of living is killing
00:04:08people. I'm speaking frankly. My siblings came from abroad,
00:04:12no one stayed here and settled,
00:04:16but they were all planning to come and settle. When they saw, by God, they were
00:04:19planning to settle, but no one bought anything and no one settled and they went back. It's
00:04:23expensive and the living is difficult. What can one say?
00:04:26One can only say, "Praise be to God in all circumstances." Inshallah, Lord, Inshallah. Hassan, may
00:04:30God bless you. I love you very much. I really,
00:04:33I've known you for about 14 years and I've been following you and communicating with you.
00:04:37Since the beginning of the revolution, may
00:04:39God protect you and bless you. And praise be to God, may God save you from death and protect
00:04:43you for us. May God grant you a long life in
00:04:44obedience. May God bless you.
00:04:48By God, since the beginning of the revolution, since you came out and I used to talk to Sheikh
00:04:52Adnan al-Aroor, until this hour, I wished to
00:04:55see him. May God protect you, Lord.
00:04:57May God strengthen you, Lord. May God bless you. What
00:05:01do you think about the rents of houses and shops?
00:05:05By God, the rents are very high, but praise be to God
00:05:10trace 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
00:05:13show mercy. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
00:05:18Earth, and He who is in Heaven will have mercy on you.'" This means mercy is required. Mercy
00:05:22is required because you are showing mercy
00:05:24to your Muslim brother, and your Muslim brother has come, meaning, after a long
00:05:28and devastating war, things require great
00:05:31mercy, Inshallah. May God bless you, uncle. How
00:05:35are you? O Abdullah, may God bless you, Lord.
00:05:39May God protect you. May God bless you. How are you? You brightened our day.
00:05:42By God, professor, with peace. May God bless you. You brightened our day. Welcome. May God protect you, Lord. Uncle,
00:05:46what do you think about the rents of houses and shops
00:05:49in Homs? By God, uncle, I don't have a cart
00:05:52for fava beans. Why don't I rent a shop? Because
00:05:56our house was destroyed, and we were trapped, and
00:05:59our livelihood was lost. Praise be to God for your safety. May God protect you. Where
00:06:02do you live now? Now I live here in the neighborhood. He used to have a job,
00:06:06he had a government job.
00:06:10his job. They imprisoned him for six months from the military.
00:06:13This old man was beaten in military security until he became Haj. Praise be to
00:06:16God for your safety.
00:06:21Please, what do you think about the rents of houses and shops in Homs?
00:06:24By God, everyone is exploiting the situation when it comes
00:06:27to rent. By God, it's fire,
00:06:30fire. No one has mercy. May God send us honest people to lower the rents
00:06:34of houses and shops,
00:06:36and may this dollar go down, and may there be proper electricity
00:06:40and mazut and gasoline for this worship. Yes, it's hellfire.
00:06:43The house rent, the house rent is 300, 300
00:06:47dollars. Who is working for 300 dollars? For
00:06:50God's sake, look at the middle and lower-class workers. Don't look at
00:06:54engineers and doctors. We are
00:06:57poor people, and I am responsible for myself. I am from outside. May God bless
00:07:01you. You were telling us a solution. We came for
00:07:04the issue of rising rents. By God, it needs a radical solution.
00:07:08I mean, the government must intervene in the matter,
00:07:11otherwise it will be impossible. Is it reasonable that the rent for a house
00:07:15is $300 in an area that has no
00:07:18services, not even the simplest things, no garbage collection? I don't want to say anything more than that,
00:07:22Professor. This is a bit much. There are no sanitation workers.
00:07:26They are available. By God, the shop owners, we sweep and clean every day.
00:07:29The shop owners, but no one comes to us at all.
00:07:33And it's all individual effort. God testifies that all these containers are individual
00:07:37effort. I swear to God, it's all individual effort. Here, no one comes to us
00:07:40at all. So what's the reason for the rise?
00:07:43It's not just in Homs, by the way, it's in Damascus, Aleppo, all governorates have
00:07:46a crazy rise. What do you think is the solution? The solution
00:07:50is not to secure houses, you need to secure
00:07:53other areas. God, you have, from here to Hama,
00:07:57you have empty land. These areas can be developed. You have from here to Damascus road
00:08:00empty, to Hasakah empty. These areas can be developed and sold to people as houses.
00:08:04Now, I mean, if I say today I will pay, for example, a certain amount and complete it there,
00:08:08I will live there. What's the problem with me? Am I right or wrong? Like I
00:08:13mean, if it's developed, we will remain under the mercy of these people. You are sitting
00:08:16here, you are here in the area for 300, 300, 250,
00:08:20300. You don't know, maybe next year it will be 350 dollars, 400
00:08:24dollars, right? Or am I wrong? Okay, let's expand a bit.
00:08:27Homs is very crowded. Or a law should be put in place that there is an upper limit
00:08:31for rent. As far as I know, Professor Hadi, this law is difficult to implement in any
00:08:34city and in any world. You need to expand. Expand a bit.
00:08:37Homs won't work otherwise. I am a tenant. You are a tenant. You are
00:08:41paying 10,000 with water and electricity, and a complete building.
00:08:45All of us are tenants in Ahmed Masharif's building. I'm not
00:08:48lying. Ahmed Masharif's building
00:08:51is a first-class construction. He takes 60,000 from the tenant. He is a man
00:08:55who fears God. Brother, pray for me, and may God guide him
00:08:59and grant him a long life. If there are tenants, but their number is small, who
00:09:02fear God. I'm telling you, I'm not lying. All the buildings
00:09:06in the neighborhood know him. He pays 60,000 and
00:09:09told them, "People, just pray for me."
00:09:13When was your story like this? I used to fear God, guys. This is
00:09:16a message to the tenants. You either find
00:09:20for the landlords. O tenant, I'm praying for you. O landlord, I'm praying against you.
00:09:24Never. God is my witness, brother. I'm telling you, where is Ahmed Mujrim's building?
00:09:27You are a tenant for $300 today
00:09:30in 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
00:09:37how much does he need to live? He needs
00:09:40the same amount or a little more. How can he live as the head of the family with salaries
00:09:44like these? All the country is difficult. The situation is truly
00:09:48a disaster. I hope this voice reaches them. I mean, our houses are not demolished.
00:09:52I mean, where are we going to live? In the street? He says we used to live well, that's fine.
00:09:56But here, I mean, we came back to our country, and there's nothing. Our house
00:09:59is demolished and in disrepair, and we need to rent at high prices, and the prices
00:10:03are high. What do you think is the solution? The solution in my opinion is that, for example,
00:10:06I mean, the governorate, what's it called? These rents
00:10:09should be lowered a bit. I mean, for example, brother, instead of
00:10:1750,000, it's acceptable. I mean, 50,000 is acceptable per month. But now you go
00:10:22Shammas, to Idkhari, $45, $100,
00:10:25and $600. By God, there are cases that reach $100, uncle, and even $1000.
00:10:29Furnished apartments even reach $1000. Now I am a tenant for $150.
00:10:32What is that for? And my salary is $250. What am I going to do for you? $100 for electricity, water,
00:10:36internet, food and drink, and, excuse me,
00:10:41the north. You know, we've been displaced for 14 years. Now
00:10:45I have two martyrs, may God accept them. You know how.
00:10:47Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.
00:10:51But we returned to our country and we want to settle in a place. I mean, a place that, for example, brother,
00:10:55first of all, what do you think is the solution? The solution now is for the governor to come out, he is responsible
00:10:57for everything. He should issue a decision that, brother, rents less than
00:11:0150,000 are haram. I mean,
00:11:04less than 50,000 or more than 50,000
00:11:08in some areas. This is an assessment of the areas, that this area
00:11:11is acceptable, Professor Abd Allah. I mean, 50,000
00:11:14is acceptable. I mean, a house will not be eaten from, nor will it
00:11:18be what's its name? It's just for the people to live in and protect themselves.
00:11:22Inshallah, your voice has reached, and my respects, uncle. May God have mercy on the martyrs.
00:12:09Official inflation data reveals the reality of living
00:12:13in Syria over 15 years. With the continued
00:12:16currency exchange process, a gap emerges in small
00:12:19denominations, which disrupts citizens'
00:12:22daily transactions. Between these two, we will discuss
00:12:26the causes, solutions, and economic implications. We put
00:12:29these files under the microscope today in "The Economic Monitor"
00:12:32on Syria TV
00:12:44those who witnessed
00:12:45the changes
00:12:51and experienced the country's conditions and transformations.
00:12:57Some of them were part of
00:12:59its story, recounting the details as
00:13:02they lived them, not as
00:13:04they were written.
00:13:09We record the moments, we hear
00:13:11the narratives, documents
00:13:15and history.
00:13:23We converse
00:13:27tomorrow so that those experiences
00:13:30reach you alive, in the voices of their owners
00:13:34and the expressions
00:13:36on their faces.
00:13:39A testimony for history.
00:15:15Jamil Al-Shi
00:15:19Jamil Al-Shi, a friend of France, who
00:15:23said no. Jamil Al-Shi was born in
00:15:27Damascus in
00:15:281883
00:15:31to a family whose origins
00:15:35Andalusia. His father was one of the witty
00:15:38people of Damascus, whom people would visit to enjoy his conversation.
00:15:42He was also one of the religious scholars, and he served
00:15:45as a judge in Douma, in the Ghouta of Damascus,
00:15:49the Beqaa. His son, Jamil, joined
00:15:52the Ottoman army and rose to the rank of
00:15:55colonel. After the collapse of Ottoman rule in
00:15:58Bilad al-Sham and the declaration of the Syrian Kingdom in
00:16:021919,
00:16:05Al-Shi transferred his military service to the nascent
00:16:09kingdom and worked as a military commissioner on its behalf in Beirut.
00:16:12There, he was able to build strong
00:16:18the French, which played a role in the positions
00:16:21he later held.
00:16:23بعد
00:16:31As soon as General Gouraud's forces entered
00:16:33Damascus, Jamil Al-Shi returned to it
00:16:36to assume the position of Minister of War in
00:16:40the government of Ala al-Din al-Droubi, which was
00:16:42formed after King Faisal's departure from
00:16:46Syria in 1920.
00:16:49In the same year, Prime Minister
00:16:52al-Droubi was assassinated in the village of Kharbat Ghazaleh
00:16:55in Houran. An agreement was reached to appoint
00:16:58Al-Shi in his place, due to his strong
00:17:02relationships
00:17:04the French. Al-Shi remained in his position
00:17:08for only two months and 25 days,
00:17:11as Gouraud ordered him to dissolve the Ministry
00:17:14of War. However, Al-Shi strongly refused,
00:17:17eventually submitting his resignation
00:17:20and retiring from political work for eight
00:17:24years.
00:17:29Jamil Al-Shi returned to the political arena again with
00:17:33the arrival of his friend, Taj al-Din al-Hasani, to the position of
00:17:36head of government, where he was appointed
00:17:40Minister of Finance in
00:17:421928.
00:17:45He also served as Minister of Public Works
00:17:49when al-Hasani formed his new government in
00:17:521934,
00:17:56where he continued his work until al-Hasani's government resigned
00:18:00following the famous sixty-day strike in
00:18:031936.
00:18:14After a series of disturbances that Syria suffered from
00:18:17generally, and Damascus
00:18:20in particular, President Taj al-Din al-Hasani
00:18:23in 1943
00:18:27wanted to form a consensus government
00:18:31the great political tension. He entrusted
00:18:34his old friend, Al-Shi, with forming the government.
00:18:37So, it was Al-Shi's
00:18:39second government.
00:18:43A few days later, President Al-Hasani died,
00:18:47and Jamil Al-Shi became president of the country
00:18:50by virtue of the constitution. In the same year,
00:18:53ironically, a major dispute occurred between Al-Shi
00:18:57and the French delegate, which led him to submit
00:19:00his resignation, as the French asked him
00:19:04to pay 15 million Syrian pounds
00:19:08to finance the French war effort. However, Al-Shi
00:19:11flatly refused, saying that such
00:19:16to a budget deficit.
00:19:19After that, he submitted his second resignation
00:19:22and never returned to political
00:19:25work.
00:19:30Jamil Al-Shi died in Damascus in
00:19:331951,
00:19:36and he carried a strange irony, as his relationship
00:19:40with the French was a reason for his rise to power,
00:19:43just as his sharp disagreements
00:19:46with them were the reason for his rapid
00:19:49resignations.
00:19:59Bashar al-Assad's escape from
00:20:01Damascus in a time when events are accelerating.
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00:20:52Syria, the rock of steadfastness, the cradle
00:20:56of civilizations, from the fires of war,
00:21:00witnessed unprecedented destruction.
00:21:02But
00:21:05broken,
00:21:08not die. Today, we write
00:21:12a new chapter in our history,
00:21:14a chapter of construction and reconstruction,
00:21:18a chapter in which we prove to the world that we are one
00:21:22strong and cohesive people.
00:21:25With the efforts of its people and the spirit
00:21:28of cooperation, Syria rises again.
00:21:32We build it stronger,
00:21:34more beautiful, and more
00:21:37prosperous. The new
00:21:39Syria is the Syria
00:21:42of the future, the Syria of science
00:21:45and knowledge, the Syria of beauty
00:21:48and culture.
00:21:52The Syria we all
00:21:54deserve.
00:21:57We will not stop until we reach our goal.
00:22:00We will not stop until we make Syria
00:22:03the pride of Arabs and the world.
00:22:06Syria, we build
00:22:10together.
00:22:16Let us enter, as we are indeed one who drinks the amount, but
00:22:20they must calculate the amount they want to drink until 8 PM. One person after that
00:22:23has a cup.
00:22:28We started opening the lid, putting it down, covering
00:22:31the blankets.
00:22:36A soldier killed someone. There is no problem. I mean, they tell the displaced person
00:22:39to put him in the blanket
00:22:40and take him out.
00:22:44We watch
00:22:47a can of sardines. We started seeing something new. I mean, it's been
00:22:51a long time since we've seen a can of sardines or a can
00:22:53of tuna.
00:22:59I don't like to call myself oppressed. I say about myself that I entered
00:23:03a battle with a regime and lost it.
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00:24:48Hassan
00:25:11Al-Hakim, Hassan Al-Hakim, an economist
00:25:14and administrator, a patriot
00:25:17sentenced to death,
00:25:20and the prime minister who granted
00:25:23independence during his era.
00:25:27Hassan Al-Hakim was born in
00:25:311886
00:25:34in the city
00:25:36of Damascus. He studied there and then moved to
00:25:40Istanbul to complete his education, where
00:25:43he was interested in administrative and economic affairs.
00:25:46He was appointed to important administrative positions in
00:25:50the Ottoman Sultanate.
00:25:52When the Ottoman army withdrew from Syria, Al-Hakim
00:25:55held the position of Director of the
00:25:59Army Supplies and Provisions in Damascus, meaning he was responsible for the logistical
00:26:02services
00:26:03for the army.
00:26:11With the beginning of the Faisalite era in Syria, Al-Hakim
00:26:14was appointed as a financial inspector, then as Director
00:26:18General of Posts, and remained in his position until the French
00:26:21forces entered Damascus in
00:26:241920.
00:26:26Al-Hakim was tried at that time on the pretext
00:26:29that he deliberately delayed the delivery of a telegram
00:26:32from Prince Faisal accepting Gouraud's ultimatum.
00:26:35However, the court later acquitted him,
00:26:38and he left Damascus for
00:26:41Cairo. Al-Hakim's stay in
00:26:45Egypt was not long, as Prince Abdullah bin
00:26:48Al-Hussein soon summoned him to the Emirate of Transjordan to manage
00:26:52financial affairs as Minister of Finance. Al-Hakim was forced
00:26:55to return to Syria in
00:26:571922
00:27:01to be tried by the French and spend
00:27:05prison.
00:27:09Al-Hakim participated in the Great Syrian Revolt in
00:27:131925, and was sentenced to
00:27:16death. He fled to Jordan, then
00:27:20Palestine. He remained there until
00:27:231934,
00:27:26when he took over the management of the Arab Bank in
00:27:29Jaffa. The Iraqi government requested
00:27:33him to contribute to the establishment of the Agricultural Industrial
00:27:35Bank. So he traveled to Baghdad and remained
00:27:39there until he returned to his city, Damascus, in
00:27:431937
00:27:46as Director General of Endowments, then Minister
00:27:49of Endowments, and then Director General of the Agricultural
00:27:53Bank.
00:28:01In 1941, Al-Hakim was tasked with forming
00:28:04the government. Demonstrations were almost daily
00:28:09Syria's independence. This is what
00:28:12happened when France officially declared
00:28:15Syria's independence during his time.
00:28:18And when Al-Hakim tried to obtain more
00:28:23the French authorities procrastinated in fulfilling
00:28:27their promises, which led him to resign.
00:28:30He returned again in 1951 to form
00:28:34a new government, but this time
00:28:38it lasted no more than a few months due
00:28:41to disagreements between civilians and military
00:28:44personnel who
00:28:48the political arena. So, when Al-Hakim
00:28:51tried to attach the gendarmerie,
00:28:54which was responsible for rural security at that time,
00:28:57to the Ministry of Interior, the army imposed its will by attaching
00:29:00it to the Ministry of Defense.
00:29:05Al-Hakim resigned and retired from politics
00:29:08permanently until he passed away in
00:29:101982.
00:29:12Al-Hakim wanted
00:29:15to place Syria in the Western bloc and dreamed
00:29:18of a progressive nation similar to Western
00:29:22countries. However, his dreams were not
00:29:24realized, so he left behind him
00:29:28books, including his famous book, "A Page
00:29:30from the Life of Al-Shahbandar,"
00:29:33hoping they would flourish again. The most important news, viewers.
00:30:34Here are the main headlines of its files:
00:30:37Shibani and Fidan review
00:30:40ways to enhance Syrian-Turkish relations in terms of security
00:30:44and economy, and emphasize the necessity of stopping
00:30:47Israeli violations.
00:30:48The Criminal Court in Damascus
00:30:52holds the fifth session of Ahmed Hassoun's trial
00:30:55and sets the 24th of the month.