Germany's Interior Ministry in Berlin announced today the deportation of one of the convicted criminals to the Syrian capital Damascus. This is the first such case in 15 years. The German Interior Ministry reported that the man was handed over to the authorities in the Syrian capital this morning. Germany had previously suspended direct deportations to Syria after the outbreak of events in the country in 2011. After the overthrow of the previous Syrian regime last year, calls in Germany for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland have intensified. However, the then government, belonging to the center-left, warned that the timing is still too early to determine whether the situation in Syria is safe enough to allow for this.
