内容摘要：A seagull eats corn thrown by vendors selling the popular Turkish stuffed baked potato dish known as as “Kumpir” at a waterfront square in Ortakoy, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A seagull eats corn thrown by vendors selling the popular Turkish stuffed baked potato dish known as as “Kumpir” at a waterfront square in Ortakoy, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Regionally, Assad was backed byand the Shiite militant Lebanese group Hezbollah, whose intervention helped prop up his rule. Most rebels against him were Sunni, as were their patrons in the region.

Besides the shrine’s protection argument, geopolitical interests and alliances were at play as Syria wasof Iran’s network of deterrence against Israel.Today, rumors and some social media posts can threaten to inflame emotions.

Shrine director Jaaffar Kassem said he received a false video purporting to show the shrine on fire and was flooded with calls about it.At the shrine, Zaher Hamza said he prays “for safety and security” and the rebuilding of “a modern Syria, where there’s harmony among all and there are no grudges or injustice.”

Is he worried about the shrine? “We’re the ones who are in the protection of Sayyida Zeinab — not the ones who will protect the Sayyida Zeinab,” he replied.

Shiite worshipers arrive at the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine, where they believe Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, is entombed, in Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)But Medcalf noted that with most of her patients in recent years, microcheating involves texting or messages on social media. And it can be a slippery slope.

As relationship norms evolve and terms like “polyamory” come out of the shadows, liking or commenting on a photo may seem fairly innocuous. Many couples don’t care, Medcalf said, but people who do shouldn’t feel bad for it.“There isn’t a right and wrong in relationships,” she said. “It comes down to preferences.”

Even if a specific action has not been discussed and forbidden, trouble arises when it takes away energy from your primary relationship, she said.“It’s cheating if your partner doesn’t like it, or doesn’t know about it, or wouldn’t like it if they knew about it,” she said.