Syria’s oldest traffic policeman marks 55 years of service

Enab Baladi – Christina al-Shammas Every day starting at eight in the morning, policeman Abu Ahmad stands under the Victoria Bridge in Damascus to organize traffic, a routine he has maintained for 55 years since his appointment to the police force in 1970, making him the oldest traffic policeman in Syria. “My profession has become an inseparable part of my life,” with this phrase, Policeman Mohammed Ziad Shahwan, known as “Uncle Abu Ahmad,” began his conversation wi