“Cars just can't stop literally in the middle of the roundabout and take photos, which was happening six months ago. Uniforms on the police, there's no longer people just in civilian clothes.”

The International Risk Podcast · Episode 409: Inside Damascus: Is Syria Ready for Reconstruction?

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Introduced uniformed traffic police and began enforcing roundabout stopping rules, preventing cars from stopping in the middle of roundabouts

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