Germany hosts almost a million Syrians who fled war and dictatorship.
BERLIN — The staff of two at the packed hole-in-the-wall Syrian restaurant Yarok in Berlin are swamped making hummus and falafel for a lunch crowd, but news of the downfall of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has them both smiling.
"It's a day for celebration," says Rashidi, who works as the executive director of the Syria Campaign, a human rights group based in Berlin.Like many of the tens of thousands of Syrians who have settled in Berlin since Syria's civil war began more than a decade ago, Rashidi was out late the night before, celebrating in the streets.
"I want to go home," she says, almost in tears as she thinks about returning to see family back in Syria."I want to go visit for now, for sure, because it will take time to rearrange my life and my kids and all of that. But for sure, that's my dream."in Damascus over the weekend brought a sudden end to more than 50 years of rule by the Assad family.
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