Customers browse mobile phones kept on display at a shop in the Damascus Tower market, which specializes in the smart phone business, in the Syrian capital on January 12, 2025. Before President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December 2024, security forces would raid the central Damascus district that is home to dozens of mobile stores in search of phones without the logo of an Assad-linked company which enjoyed a monopoly in the business. (Photo by Louai BESHARA / AFP) / To go with 'Syria-War-Telecom-Sanction', REPORTAGE by Aya ISKANDARANI (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)