In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Spaces and Freedoms After al-Assad’s Fall
New York Times
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/world/middleeast/damascus-syria-freedoms-al-assad.html