There is something decidedly grim beneath the normalisation of the Damascus regime: a tacit acknowledgement that violence, waged successfully enough, will eventually translate into legitimacy.
The Syrian President’s trip to Germany, initially planned for January, was postponed amid clashes between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters.
The EU Agency for Asylum also revised its guidance for Christians in Syria, noting that they would be considered at risk of persecution only in ‘exceptional’ cases.
