DAMASCUS, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Wearing orange safety vests, more than a thousand Syrian municipal workers from sanitation, electricity, water, and maintenance sectors sat shoulder-to-shoulder for a communal iftar under the soft glow of Ramadan lanterns, as young volunteers passed between rows of red-cushioned chairs, distributing foam dinner boxes and bottled water.
The event in Damascus on Wednesday evening was part of a humanitarian initiative aimed at including some of the city's most affected residents in the spiritual atmosphere of the Muslim holy month.
