DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 23: A view of the Bakdash Ice Cream store as they make ice cream for the people as Syrian economy, begins to recover as with its people after the 61-year-old Baath regime in Syria ended on Dec 8th, in the capital Damascus, Syria on December 23, 2024. In the symbolic Al-Hamidiyah Souq built during the Ottoman period, one of the busiest points of Damascus, Bakdash Ice Cream store, known as the oldest ice cream shop in the Middle East and Damascus, has been one of the favorite businesses of Syrians since 1895. The employees at the head of the ice-cream pestles sing songs of revolution in rhythm while mixing the ice-cream with the pestles in their hands. Emin Sansar / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM