Once a symbol of Palestinian identity, a Syrian city struggles to rise again
YARMOUK, Syria — On a ferociously hot summer morning, the inspectors stepped gingerly through an alley and cast a critical eye at the war-withered buildings in this sprawling Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus. The alley was typical of what Yarmouk had become after 14 years of Syria’s grinding civil…
bubmagAugust 9, 2025