Syria’s al-Sharaa calls Germany’s Merz refugee claims ‘an exaggeration’

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said comments by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggesting most Syrian refugees could return from Germany were “an exaggeration,” stressing that any repatriation hinges on reconstruction efforts in Syria.Al-Sharaa’s remarks came after Merz said earlier this week during a joint press conference in Berlin that around 80 percent of nearly one million Syrian refugees in Germany should return to their homeland within the next three years.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Speaking during a dialogue session at Chatham House in London, al-Sharaa clarified that “the statement contained some exaggeration.”He added that “the German Chancellor was the one who made this statement,” while emphasizing that the return of refugees is tied to rebuilding the country, noting that “you can't just put someone on a plane and tell them to go.”‘Outside the conflict’ Speaking on regional tensions, al-Sharaa said Syria would

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