Syria’s Civil War
Civilians in Syria
Civilians in Syria
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The more than a million Syrians who have fled to Germany have celebrated the end of the war in their country, but some fear it means the loss of their refugees.
By Melissa Eddy
Melissa Eddy reported from Gross Schönebeck, Germany, a small village outside Berlin, where she visited a family of Syrian refugees.
When she learned of the fall of the Syrian dynastic dictatorship, Iman Mohammed, a Syrian refugee living in Germany, felt a surge of joy at the thought of returning to her homeland.
But that joy temporarily faded when another thought occurred to her: Returning to Syria might simply mean abandoning everything she and her family had built in Germany since the perilous adventure of arriving there just a decade ago.
“In the cold light of day, when we looked at everything that had happened, we realized, not immediately,” Mohammed, 41, said of the idea that his family could return to Syria for good.
The decision may not be hers.
After insurgent teams overthrew the government of President Bashar al-Assad on December 8, the prospect of returning home opened for the first time in more than a decade for the many Syrians who fled the civil war that devastated the country, totaling 1. 3 million people in Germany. Training
Many of them worked hard and overcame situations that were immensely demanding for their situation. Some, like Ms. Mohammed, do not need to give up their new life.
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