Daraa

In Daraa, where ‘walls have ears,’ post-reconciliation communities marred by fear, mistrust

Feb. 4, 2019
A woman reads the Quran near a relative's tomb in the opposition-held southern Syrian city of Daraa on the first day of Eid al-Adha on August 21, 2018. Mohamad Abazeed/AFP. AMMAN: Ahmad Abu Mansour* and his friend Munther had known each other for three years, a friendship forged in wartime. “Our relationship was strong—one hundred percent,” he says. At the time, Abu Mansour, ...
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