Oz Katerji
I spent 13 years of my life closely monitoring the M5 highway, a long Syrian motorway that travels north to south, linking the country’s second city, Aleppo, with Hama, Homs, and Damascus, before continuing down toward the Jordanian border.
Territorial control over this stretch of road was one of the best ways to mark the winners and losers in the long, brutal civil war. Syrian rebels spent years trying to regain control of the road after losing it to the regime during Russia and Iran’s assault on Aleppo in 2016. While territory frequently changed hands, gains and losses were often measured in meters—and mostly went in favor of the regime.
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