Feature: In Syria's Damascus, Ramadan generosity meets the limits of an economy in ruins

NAMPA / Xinhua

2026-02-28

DAMASCUS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- In the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, the kitchen still stands. The pots are still scrubbed clean. The volunteers, young and determined, still arrive each morning. But the quiet hum of activity that fills the room masks a sobering reality: this year, the pots are smaller, the portions fewer, and the silence of shuttered community kitchens across the city echoes louder than the call to prayer. For years, the "A P......

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