Mazen Darwish on Justice, Memory, and the Future of Syria
KARAM SHAAR
January 14, 2026
““We have all found ourselves in the same boat. Either we survive together or we sink together”
““We have all found ourselves in the same boat. Either we survive together or we sink together”
The Danish initiative forms part of a growing European trend.
As political “strangers,” both men promised rupture over continuity, upheaval over inertia, Wael Sawah writes in Daraj.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Denmark says it needs to redeploy its troops away from Syria as the danger from ISIS has receded, Syria TV reports
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Hundred of Syrians have been told to leave Denmark since March 2021, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Denmark will repatriate 5 children of ISIS fighters, without their mothers, according to North Press.
Denmark is moving forward with the issue of the repatriation of Syrian refugees, as it deems parts of Syria safe to welcome them back, according to al-Watan.
The UK Home Office has announced its decision to “deport a Syrian asylum seeker” to his country, deemed safe enough, according to Etihad Press.
The former Danish immigration minister Inger Stojberg was sentenced to two months in prison for illegally separating several couples of asylum seekers, al-Jazeera reports.
Fuel supplier Bunker Holding, its chief executive, and its subsidiary were convicted by a Danish local court for selling jet fuel to Syria despite sanctions, Asharq al-Awsat reveals.
Next week, a delegation from the HRW plans to visit Denmark to discuss the recent increase in deportation of Syrian refugees, al-Souria Net writes.
A court in Denmark has started hearing the case against a group of Danish fuel supply companies, accused of violating EU sanctions by selling jet fuel to the Syrian Regime, al-Araby al-Jadeed reports.
