Arnous Square News Today

The protests in Syria are spreading like wildfire. The state is monitoring all journalists and suspects every foreigner of being a potential conspirator. And the secret police are hunting down demonstrators. Svenja Andersson reports from Damascus

Syrian political parties along with Syria-based Palestinian factions have gathered in Arnous Square in Damascus calling on the US and its Western allies to lift economic sanctions on Syria.

Mahmoud Merhi has been dubbed a government stand in but he insists he can change Syria from within