Reef Dimashq

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. 

7 12, 2024
  • A military vehicle belonging to the Syrian regime forces is pictured abandoned on the side of a road in the Hama governorate as rebels on a lightning advance said they were bearing down on the capital Damascus, 7/12/2024 (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)

‘Fear and joy’: Voices from Damascus

By Syria Direct|2024-12-09T19:36:17+01:00December 7, 2024|

As the situation in and around Damascus rapidly changed throughout the day on Saturday, three civilians in and around the capital told Syria Direct what they were seeing, hearing and feeling.

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