Life goes on in war-torn Damascus

Life goes on in war-torn Damascus

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While fighting between rebels and government forces has reduced many areas of Damascus to ruins, in other neighbourhoods of the city life goes on.

Street sellers still sell their produce on damaged streets and people still come to buy their food.

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Men walk out of a butcher's shop in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Men walk out of a butcher's shop in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.

A man grills meat in front of a kebab shop in Ain Tarma.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A man grills meat in front of a kebab shop in Ain Tarma.

A man works in his kebab shop.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A man works in his kebab shop.

Women walk past meat kebabs being grilled on the street.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Women walk past meat kebabs being grilled on the street.

A man uses an axe to cut firewood in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A man uses an axe to cut firewood in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.

A boy carries firewood.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A boy carries firewood.

A man rides past a stall selling petrol and gas.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A man rides past a stall selling petrol and gas.

A boy looks at an oil lamp in a shop.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A boy looks at an oil lamp in a shop.

Men buy vegetables in a shop in Damascus's Duma neighbourhood.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Men buy vegetables in a shop in Damascus's Duma neighbourhood.

A boy sits in front of a hardware store.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A boy sits in front of a hardware store.

A salesman smiles as he stands in front of a fish shop.
. DAMASCUS, Syria. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A salesman smiles as he stands in front of a fish shop.