A boy looks at a revolutionary flag in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Listen to my reflections on revolutionary Syria
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As a young reporter in rebel held Idlib in 2012A mural of exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad outside the notorious military detention center “215,” in Damascus.A smashed statue of Bashar al AssadA burned and looted government building in central DamascusChildren play on an abandoned Syrian military tankA crowd cheered the fall of the regime in DamascusSyrians search for missing loved ones outside a Damascus morgueA crowd gathered to watch a rumored public hangingA crowd tens of thousands strong surged after rumors of the public execution of a notorious Assad henchmanSyrians climbed trees to get a better view of the execution.Inside a Damascus morgueA Syrian man looks for a missing loved one among the dead in A Damascus morgueThe light seen from a solitary confinement cell in DamascusA cell in a military detention center A scratched out map of the world in a notorious detention center