Middle East & Africa | Postcard from Damascus

As Syria’s new leaders settle in, life in the capital resumes

Government employees look ready to take orders from a fresh set of rulers

An armed opposition fighter walks among costumers at the Al-Hamidiyeh market in Damascus, Syria
Photograph: AP
|Damascus

BARELY THREE days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s dictator for the past 24 years, the country has a new provisional government. On December 10th Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the rebels’ advance on Damascus, appointed an interim prime minister.

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