European countries are freezing asylum cases from Syrian migrants after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, raising questions about how the U.S. will handle claims.

By Karolina Tagaris, Edward McAllister, Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe.

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

Several countries, including France and Germany, have announced that they are suspending decisions on asylum applications from Syria. Far-right parties, meanwhile, have re-opened a political and legal debate on refugee deportation.

As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.

Assad's brutal rule in Syria as a moment of hope -– but they also view his sudden toppling as fraught with dangers.

New York Post contributor Douglas Murray explains the impact of the Syrian civil war on Europe during an appearance on ‘America’s Newsroom.’

Chancellor Scholz believes that refugees from Syria may voluntarily return to their homeland when the situation stabilizes. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland at present would be premature.