Zhao discusses why this is happening at night, the Chinese monetization model, and the role influencer agencies are playing in the influx of creators taking to the streets.

In Jaramana, the largest Druze-majority district of Damascus, fear has taken root. Shops once buzzing with late-night customers now close before sundown. Streets grow silent after dark. Behind closed ...

Searching for her husband Evelyn Azzam, a Druze woman, is searching the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, trying to find out what happened to her husband, Robert Kiwan.