East Ghouta

17 01, 2025
  • A view of Douma, a city in the East Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, shows the Great Mosque and part of the market on al-Jalaa Street, 9/1/2025 (Hamza Hijazi/Syria Direct)

With Assad’s fall, Douma comes back to life

By Hamza Hijazi|2025-01-31T15:57:02+01:00January 17, 2025|

With the Assad regime gone, Douma is coming back to life. Markets are bustling in the East Ghouta city, as construction workers repair damaged buildings and displaced residents return to visit or settle down. 

6 12, 2024
  • A view of destruction in Harasta, a town in the East Ghouta suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus, five weeks into a major Syrian regime offensive against opposition forces, 26/3/2018 (AFP)

Hope and suspense in East Ghouta as the regime loses ground

By Syria Direct|2024-12-06T23:54:09+01:00December 6, 2024|

The view from the ground in the East Ghouta suburbs of Damascus is one of a worried regime withdrawing its forces from the interior of cities and reinforcing checkpoints on their outskirts “for fear of being targeted,” residents say.

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