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The back of the barbershop he manages features a mural of the Virgen de Guadalupe, a cactus plant and a Mexican flag.

Around the corner from Styles’ barbershop there’s a small encampment where about half a dozen people have been living.

"The money I'm earning now from the barbershop is helping me pay for school fees again."

He was forced to leave behind his barbershop, the Orient Salon, in Damascus following the outbreak of war in 2011.

But according to the experienced tour leaders, the group's movements were more restricted than on previous trips, with fewer opportunities to wander the streets, pop into a barbershop or supermarket, and talk to locals.