From DW News.

Turkey and Syria have been holding diplomatic talks in Damascus, the first since the overthrow of the Assad regime earlier this month.

Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan held a joint press conference after their meeting. Fidan called for international sanctions on Syria to be lifted as soon as possible, so the country can start rebuilding its economy.

Since the fall of the Assad regime, many Syrians have been returning to their homeland from long exiles abroad. But after more than a decade of civil war, many are returning to find their homes, or entire city blocks, unrecognizable.

For more on this, we talk to Let’s bring in Giorgio Cafiero. He is a Middle East Analyst, and CEO and Founder of Gulf State Analytics in Washington, D.C.

And we speak to Aaron Zelin, a Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Founder of Jihadology.net.

00:00 Syrians return to their homeland
02:34 Middle East Analyst Giorgio Cafiero
06:57 Aaron Zelin from Jihadology.net

For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/

For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-2025/t-70794502

Follow DW on social media:
►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews
►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews
►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/
►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews

Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1

#Syria #Turkey #rebuild