The more-for-more approach could kickstart the deadlocked political process, but it won't resolve the conflict in Syria. Assad must go. Any strategy that fails to bear this in mind long-term is not only unfair to Syrians and humanity as a whole, but will plant the seeds for the next conflict in the region. By Karam Shaar
More than 300 people have taken to the streets to protest the Assad regime after the government cut subsidies. Protesters in the Druze city of Sweida called for "a democratic state."
The tour guides say they're encouraging intercultural contacts. Their critics say they're helping normalize international relations with a murderous regime.
EXCLUSIVE: The men, who are now asylum seekers in the UK, claim Arab officials financed human rights abuses in the war-torn country in 2015. Pictured: Mohamed al Saeid.