PHOTO: River McCrossen in the Al Azem Palace in Damascus, which now serves as a folklore museum.
I’ve always been curious about Syria. It’s a country that saw about 14 years of civil war that ended with the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
Communities and the new central government now have the task of rebuilding their economy and an enormous amount of wrecked infrastructure.
There’s relative security, but the risk of violence breaking out is still present.
I wanted to . . .
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