Full title: Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Wassim al-Asmar Photography,” which means the watermark ended up being printed on Syrian passports.
The image used on Syrian passports features a photograph of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a historic marketplace in Damascus. The photo appears to have been sourced from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Wassim al-Asmar Photography,” resulting in the watermark being printed on the passports.
It’s the background of only one page of many in the passport. I’m sure someone has noticed this, but I can easily believe that anyone who’s noticed never bothered to make a big deal out of it, so it never became widely known. If it were me, I’d probably just show a friend, we’d share a laugh (or a mock) and that would be the end of it. Even if I wanted to make the whole world know, I don’t really have a way to make that happen short of posting on social media and hoping it gets picked up - which is, presumably, what the Reddit OP did.