Published on October 13, 2024 at 8:03 p.m. / Modified on October 13, 2024 at 8:04 p.m.
Notebooks from Syria, immersed in a country at the end of its strength
In the summer of 2024, the newspaper The World has achieved a feat: entering Syria into areas controlled by the Assad government to tell the story of this fascinating country which is not recovering from the long civil war it suffered. Time has chosen to publish four of these seven exceptional reports whose authors, like many of the people cited, will remain anonymous for security reasons.
Other episodes in our file as they become available
The imposing silhouette of the citadel of Aleppo is silhouetted under the moonlight. Sellers of cotton candy and grilled corn hail the Syrian families in their Sunday best, who stroll along the promenade along the moat. From a covered terrace escape the notes of a traditional music concert, played for a privileged handful of the Aleppo elite. In the cafés with their fairy lights, the smell of hookahs mixes with the heady voice of Sabah Fakhri, the vanished glory of Arabic song, originally from the city. For the duration of a summer evening, everyone tries to forget the wounds of war and the harshness of the economic crisis.
Overlooking the city, the medieval citadel was the scene of the battle which opposed, from July 2012 to December 2016, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, entrenched behind the walls and in the western districts of Aleppo, rebels who controlled the historic center and the eastern districts. After two sieges and at the cost of devastating battles, the regime’s army, supported by the Russian air force and Shiite militias close to Iran, ended up retaking the city.
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