Syrien nach Assad – Szenarien zwischen Hoffnung und Angst

The violent escalation in most of Syria since 2023 and the continuation of the Assad dictatorship suggest that nowhere in the country is safe. Outlined are the key details to this. Any plans to forcibly return Syrian refugees from Middle Eastern and European countries should therefore be rejected.

As of the end of 2019, the regime under President Bashar al-Assad, along with Russia and Iran, controls almost three-quarters of Syrian territory. Despite ongoing fighting for the last-remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib as well as fragmented territorial control in the north-east, the war in Syria has been decided militarily.

Syria is increasingly being presented by right-wing populist governments and parties across Europe as a supposedly “safe place” to which to deport and return refugees. GIGA experts Dr. André Bank and Dr. Christiane Fröhlich argue against this based on their respective in-depth analyses.

Opposition rebel groups have overthrown the Assad dictatorship in a very short space of time. GIGA expert Dr André Bank explains how this came about, what goals they are pursuing and what this means for Syria.

The violent escalation in most of Syria since 2023 and the continuation of the Assad dictatorship suggest that nowhere in the country is safe. Outlined are the key details to this. Any plans to forcibly return Syrian refugees from Middle Eastern and European countries should therefore be rejected.

As of the end of 2019, the regime under President Bashar al-Assad, along with Russia and Iran, controls almost three-quarters of Syrian territory. Despite ongoing fighting for the last-remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib as well as fragmented territorial control in the north-east, the war in Syria has been decided militarily.

Syria is increasingly being presented by right-wing populist governments and parties across Europe as a supposedly “safe place” to which to deport and return refugees. GIGA experts Dr. André Bank and Dr. Christiane Fröhlich argue against this based on their respective in-depth analyses.