🧵1/ A few days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Damascus buzzed with revolutionary euphoria. Activists gathered at the Hijaz Railway Station, dreaming of a new Syria. But alongside hope, there were ghosts—like the gaunt face of Mazen al-Hamada, a tortured activist, martyred days before victory.
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