The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) currently advises against all travel to the country.
But there's nervousness too. The soundtrack to the Damascus skyline strikes both notes. The staccato rattle of celebratory gunfire is almost constant. But so is the menacing sound of Israeli jets ...
Israel's Iron Dome intercepted some of the incoming missiles. Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces. Orla Guerin visits Al ...