But it unsettled much of Syria’s huge diaspora in Europe, particularly those with outstanding asylum claims or who did not gain citizenship in their adopted countries. “They really ruined the happiness of so many Syrians across Europe,” Almashi of the continent’s leaders. Germany has taken in more than a million Syrian refugees, but political debate has quickly turned to whether they will be returned. For now, most Syrians in Europe are intent on celebrating the fall of a regime that had seemed unshakable as recently as a month ago. “I felt like my identity had been rebuilt.”As for Almashi and many Syrians across Europe, there is caution amid Baleh’s excitement.

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