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  • Affairs
  • Episode 3144
  • 03 Nov 2025
  • 38 min

Can Syrians return home? Germany’s foreign minister thinks not

This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Damascus on October 30, 2025. (Photo by SANA / AFP) (Photo by -/SANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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  • The Monocle Daily
  • Affairs
  • Episode 3144
  • 38 min

Our panel discusses whether Syrians should be returned home or if Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, has a point. Plus: Dr Nicholas Wright on the psychology of warfare.

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Chris Cermak
  • Steph Chungu

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