(20 Dec 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Qardaha, Syria - 18 December 2024 1. Alawite sheikh, Deeb Dayoub, walking 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Deeb Dayoub, Alawite sheikh: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 3++ "The situation was not the way that it was perceived by the rest of the Syrian society. Everyone thought that the city of Qardaha was a city built on a rock made from marble and that every home was studded with aquamarine. The reality was totally different.” 3.