To Rebuild From War, Syrian Firefighters Work to Rebuild Trust — in Each Other

To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust — in each other

Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his firefighter’s uniform. It’s a job he loves, but a uniform he now hates.The uniform marks him as a firefighter from the old regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December 2024 after a nearly 14-year civil war.Some of Nasrallah’s colleagues took off their uniforms and fled on the day Assad fell. But Nasrallah, 52, stayed on, hoping for a firefighting…

To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust -- in each other

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides them in their Damascus fire station. The psychological wall is higher.(Image credit: Hasan Belal for NPR)

Sudan: TSC Member Salma Abdel-Jabbar Urges Youth to Combat Hate Speech and Rebuild What Was Destroyed By War

Port Sudan -- Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Dr. Salma Abdel-Jabbar Al-Mubarak, has called for the importance of youth playing a major role in raising awareness among various sectors of society about the necessity of unity and peace and rejecting regionalism and racism.