These developments come amid a marked shift in Germany’s approach to asylum, Syria TV writes.
Berlin’s cautious overtures toward Damascus and Syria’s simultaneous campaign to encourage voluntary returns reveal two competing narratives — one driven by European domestic politics, the other by the Syrian government’s desire to project normalcy.
Over the weekend, Austria, Sweden and 18 other EU member states submitted a joint letter to the European Commission urging progress on deportations.
Data from the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) indicates that Syria has fewer than 1.1 anesthesiologists per 100,000 people, Al-Masdar writes.
Gonzalo Vargas Llosa of the UNHCR cautioned that Syria has reached its “maximum absorptive capacity,” suggesting the country can no longer sustain additional returnees, Daraj writes.
Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) have yet to issue an official statement days after the death, Enab Baladi writes.
This arrest is part of ongoing investigations in Germany aimed at holding individuals accountable for serious human rights violations committed in Syria.
This deepening humanitarian crisis raises a pressing question: are political motives driving a push for the forced return of refugees to Syria, despite ongoing insecurity and inadequate living conditions?
Many refugees face persistent difficulties in civil documentation, including marriage, birth, and death certificates
Amid the bureaucracy of Europe and the continuing tragedies in Syria, thousands of refugees now find themselves stranded, deprived of basic rights to safety and stability, al-Hal writes.
In Turkey, the city of Gaziantep has witnessed a notable wave of returns since the fall of the previous Syrian regime, al-Hal writes.
A report reveals that most Syrians residing in Austria show little to no interest in returning to Syria.
More than 6 million Syrians remain internally displaced, while a further 6 million live as refugees in host countries.
Delegations from Germany, France, and Italy have visited Damascus to explore repatriation arrangements with Syria’s interim government
While some progress has occurred, such as reforms to personal status laws improving women’s rights, LGBTQ+ protections remain conspicuously absent, Daraj writes.
Only 1,867 people have returned from Germany with government support this year.
The extension follows the court’s earlier intervention in August, when it imposed a temporary halt under an urgent “interim measure.”
The initiative centres on the rehabilitation of 16 villages in the province’s eastern region, with the goal of reducing pressure on overcrowded temporary shelters, Baladi News writes.
The UNHCR has warned that insufficient funding threatens the sustainability of these returns.
For many, returning to Syria was not a homecoming, but the beginning of a new estrangement, Hamdan Al-Ukla writes in Syria TV.
