Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com · Dec 13 1 / 2
Central Damascus today was like nothing I've ever seen before. Everyone and their grandma came, just high on the moment. Hijabi aunties dancing around with young lads, kids hoisted onto shoulders and bounced around, people driving bikes through the crowd, riding horses. I'll never forget it.
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HTS reportedly killed a regime guy who was identified in the street, shot and stabbed, somewhere on the periphery, There are these portents of how it may unravel. Maybe the Islamists will inherit the deep state. Or maybe it will descend into sectarian chaos. But today there was hope.