Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

Before the fall (of Assad’s regime), last Ramadan, it didn’t even feel like Ramadan. You couldn’t really tell. But now, it’s obvious. Restaurants are closed, people aren’t openly breaking their fast,’

Damascenes are experiencing the first Holy Month of Ramadan without the al-Assad family in more than five decades. Bashar al-Assad, who took over from his father Hafez, was the last of the family to lead the country.

With mosques filled and homes decorated, London’s Muslim community is embracing the essence of Ramadan and its spirit of unity, faith, and charity - Anadolu Ajansı

Insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, overthrew President Bashar Assad's secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty.