Syria’s new administration faces shortage in police force

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When Bashar Al-Assad was ousted, most policemen and soldiers fled or were suspended. A total of 1.2 million civil servants stopped working overnight, leaving citizens unprotected on the streets of Damascus. Syria’s new leadership Hayat Tahrir al Cham currently rely on only a few thousand fighters and volunteers to fill in the gap. FRANCE 24’s James André and Achraf Abid report.