Haitham Nasrallah, a firefighter for 28 years, feels conflicted about his uniform representing the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad. Many of his colleagues fled when Assad was ousted, but Nasrallah remained, hoping for a new opportunity. After Assad's fall, the White Helmets, well-known volunteer first responders, began taking over firefighting operations in Syria. Despite being viewed as terrorists under Assad's regime, they are now in leadership roles. The civil war's end has led to former rivals uniting to rebuild the country, shifting former perceptions of enemy factions.
Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his firefighter's uniform. It's a job he loves... but a uniform he now hates.
The men Nasrallah had been encouraged to think of as terrorists were suddenly moving into his barracks and becoming his bosses.
With the end of the civil war, Syrians who lived, worked and sometimes fought on opposite sides are coming together to rebuild their country.
Now, with the war over, the White Helmets' founder Raed Saleh has been appointed to Syria's Cabinet as minister of emergencies and disaster management.
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