Dec 1, 2018, 12:42 PM IST
MyNation's Prateek Suri and sister concern Strategic News International's Amitabh Revi discovered during their recent trip to Damascus via a tortuous route that the capital of Syria was bustling with business activities despite the economic sanctions imposed on it by the United States. The other parts of the war-ravaged country bore scars of bullets, mortars, grenades and bombs, but a trade fair during which our crew reached Damascus was an oasis of peace, thanks to the participation of companies from almost 50 countries and footfall of about a million customers.