Syria in full — not only through crisis

Now

What is happening in Syria this week, reported rather than summarised.

A guyed steel suspension tower standing alone in open grassland, its conductors running away to both horizons.

Rural Damascus — Daraa, Syria

The Route Was Built 321 Times

A 400 kV line across southern Syria looks like one continuous corridor. It began as hundreds of separate holes in the ground, each needing its own road, its own foundation and its own proof.

18 February 2021

People going about an ordinary afternoon on a Damascus street.

Damascus, Syria

The Hour Before the Shops Open

A letter about the part of the day nobody photographs, and the small economy that runs inside it.

11 February 2021