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.

A growing number of European countries said they would stop processing asylum claims, and some want to pressure Syrians to leave.

Some European countries are freezing asylum applications for people from Syria in the wake of the fall of its regime.

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.

What is the extent of the Syrian refugee crisis? Can Syrians now return home? What have host countries said? We explain.

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.

While governments urge caution, calls are rising across Europe for Syrians who fled the Assad regime to return.

Syria has produced the largest number of migrants in Europe, the eighth annul report on asylum rights by the Catholic Migrantes Foundation said Wednesday. "Unfortunately, the Syrian situation has recently returned to the forefront,