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President Ahmad al-Sharaa has postponed his visit to Berlin, for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, due to the political situation in his country. Syrian President al-Sharaa delays visit Germany for talks with Merz German trade and industry lobbies slam Trump Greenland demands Berlin police say criminals from abroad been flown in to commit crimes.
BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has cancelled his visit to Berlin on Monday and Tuesday, a German government spokesperson told Reuters. Al-Sharaa had been scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The crisis in Syria is affecting Kurds all over the world, primarily due to the fear that members of the Syrian government’s security forces may commit abuses amid the new offensive. Kurdish protesters took to the streets across the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq on Monday night amid increasing reports about clashes in Syria between the forces of the Syrian transitional government and those of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
As Berlin pressures Syrian refugees to pursue “voluntary return,” it overlooks Syria’s fragile recovery and shifts focus away from Germany’s own structural decline.
BERLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will raise topics including the political transition in Syria and the return of migrants to their homeland in talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Berlin next Tuesday, a government spokesperson said on Friday.
Foreign and Expatriates Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met in Damascus Tuesday a German delegation headed by Alexander Eberl,
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Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were born in Germany."Mama, are we going back to Syria now?
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in Berlin on Tuesday for talks, as German officials seek to step up deportations of Syrians, despite unease about continued instability in their homeland.Sharaa is scheduled to meet his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Germany is open to deepening relations with the new Syrian government, a German government spokesperson said, adding that Berlin is closely monitoring the situation in the country.
(CNN) — When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families. A question mark now hangs over their future, after Germany’s ...