Justin Salhani

The rea­sons for Ab­del­rah­man Tarek’s brief de­ten­tion were un­clear, with ac­tivists con­cerned over han­dling of dis­si­dents.

Se­cre­tive on­line firms are of­fer­ing to help Syr­i­ans get cov­et­ed visa ap­point­ments at the Ger­man em­bassy – for a fee.