The Damascus suburb became Assad’s killing field. But some of the perpetrators are still around – and even working with the new government The Damascus suburb became Assad’s killing field. But some of the perpetrators are still around – and even working with the new government A bu Mohammed still remembers the smell. It usually came at dawn, as the mosques sounded the first call to prayer. By the time he sat down for breakfast, it would fill the air around his home in Tadamon, a working-class