It's Saturday night, bars and pubs are busy, and loud music pumps out of nightclubs. BBC Arabic's Omar Abdel-Razek tells David Amanor about discovering a surprising side to life in the Syrian capital Damascus, where six years into the civil war a new nightlife has emerged.
Image: barman pouring shots in Damascus
Credit: BBC
Published on Friday, 25th August 2017.
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