Syria of the last century

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

With the U.S. and its allies poised to attack the Assad regime, we recall Damascus, Homs, Aleppo and other Syrian cities and towns as they appeared in the middle part of the last century: http://ti.me/1dL63lp

(Photo: Margaret Bourke-White—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)