(250305) -- DAMASCUS, March 5, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People gather for a communal Ramadan iftar amid rubble of destroyed buildings in al-Qaboun, north of Damascus, March 4, 2025. Amid the gray rubble of shattered concrete and collapsed buildings, hundreds of war-weary Syrians huddled together for a communal iftar in the devastated al-Qaboun neighborhood, north of Damascus, on Tuesday.

TO GO WITH "Feature: War-weary Syrians gather for iftar amid ruins in Damascus" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)