On the long bus ride out of the Syrian suburb of Eastern Ghouta, Mosallam al-Baset had time to think about what sort of future awaited him hundreds of miles away in Idlib.
The photographer was leaving the only place he has called home, having been forced to choose between either living under the regime or exile.
But Mr Baset and the others evacuating the rebel enclave this week after their defeat to President Bashar al-Assad’s forces would be subjected to one final humiliation before they did.
“The regime took us on a detour through cities of Alawites (the Muslim sect Assad belongs to) so they could show them who they kicked out of Ghouta,” said the 31-year-old father-of-one, speaking to the...