Hundreds of Syrians gather outside the grand mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, one of the focal points for the 500,000-strong Syrian community in the Turkish city, to celebrate the reported fall of president Bachar al-Assad in their home country. "After a while, I'll be able to go home too," says Abdurrauf Hallaq, "My family is there, my parents are there, they live alone. I came to Turkey to avoid military service." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES