Feature: After 8-year war, hopeful Syrians in Eastern Ghouta rebuild lives from ruins

Samira Ayoub stands at home decorated with flowers in the town of Ayn Tarma in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus, Syria, on March 12, 2019. After eight years of destructive civil war, Syrians in Eastern Ghouta, a former rebel stronghold, are rebuilding their life from ruins. (Xinhua/Hummam Sheikh Ali)