Name: Amberin Zaman Reports from Damascus
Uploaded: 2025-10-16T14:42:05-0400
Description: Stay tuned for upcoming stories from Al-Monitor's chief correspondent Amberin Zaman's visit to Syria, including on the continued impact of Caesar sanctions on the country as it recovers from decades of authoritarian rule and grapples with an economic crisis.

Stay tuned for upcoming stories from Al-Monitor's chief correspondent Amberin Zaman's visit to Syria, including on the continued impact of Caesar sanctions on the country as it recovers from decades of authoritarian rule and grapples with an economic crisis.

A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul in this May 28, 2013 file photo.

Osman Orsal: I was covering protests in Istanbul which began as a demonstration against government plans to demolish a small park in central Taksim square but evolved into one the biggest anti-government protests in over a decade.

I was standing between the protesters and the police as the police b

Amberin Zaman Reports from Damascus

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