By Karolina Tagaris , Edward McAllister and Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

European countries have announced a freeze on asylum procedures for Syrians, despite Syria's highly uncertain future following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad's regime. The rise of far-right parties and the memory of the 2015 migration crisis have hardened the discourse.

As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.