Germany, Austria Halt Asylum Requests From Syrian Refugees
Members of the Syrian community wave Syrian flags on Dec. 8.
Photographer: Max Slovencik/AFP/Getty Images
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Germany and Austria suspended all ongoing asylum requests from Syrian refugees following the surprise fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The decisions are the strongest European responses so far to the toppling of Syria’s long-time ruler over the weekend.