People spend time at Zodiac bar in Damascus, Syria, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - By a military checkpoint in Damascus's Old City, just a mile from the battered frontline between government and rebel-held territory, young Syrians sit on a garden wall smoking, drinking beer or soft drinks, and talking about anything but the war.
It is a week night, but the Damascenes are keen to head out to a strip of new bars that have opened in the last few months -- some to socialise and others to work in the venues.
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