A Syrian sweet maker takes a tray of date cookies out of the oven in a sweet shop in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2019. Date cookies are traditional sweets for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

A Syrian man makes date cookies in a sweet shop in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2019. Date cookies are traditional sweets for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Syrians make date cookies in a sweet shop in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2019. Date cookies are traditional sweets for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Syrians make date cookies in a sweet shop in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2019. Date cookies are traditional sweets for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

A Syrian sweet maker shows date cookies before putting them in the oven in a sweet shop in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2019. Date cookies are traditional sweets for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)