Your reference predates Assad’s toppling and the very URL mentions people fleeing due to escalation, so it doesn’t contradict the comment to which you replied, nor does it substantiate your statements. Do you have a better corroboration?
If you’re asking about more imagery coverage, Mapillary has a lot. The wiki has a list of street-level imagery articles.
OpenStreetMap is more about the map database, so any imagery association tends to be loose, and is more for use as a useable source for ground truth.
Have you checked out Every Door?
StreetComplete is intended for local, on-the-ground surveying only. Editing remotely is not supported, and will result in problems.
(I’m not sure whether you’re editing remotely vs reminiscing during in-person visits, phrasing is slightly ambiguous.)
The answer to those questions (surrender at oustset ￫ what injustice, what harms) is not obvious, please spell it out.