Generation Crisis: young Syrians come of age in a decade of conflict

Ghenwa, 21, a trainee flight attendant, sits in the backseat of her friend's car in Damascus, Syria, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Trainee flight attendant Ghenwa, engineering student Ali and electronic music DJ Jawad are among a generation of young Syrians to have come of age during the war.

They live in the capital Damascus, which was spared the intense bombing raids that destroyed opposition bastions such as Aleppo but life for the twenty-somethings is far from normal.