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In this interview with the Berlin Pulse, Rime Allaf speaks about the lack of water, electricity, education and accountability for past atrocities, and the role Germany and Europe can play in Syria’s reconstruction.

Reductive descriptions of recent violence and flawed elections distract from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s shortcomings in delivering the democracy that Syria’s complex society demands.

If Assad’s rehabilitation happens without exacting concessions from the regime and its supporters, the ground is being laid for long-term failure and continuous instability in Syria and the region.

This is the time to exact concessions on Syria from Iran, which needs the financial benefits of a full nuclear deal, and from Russia, which needs reconstruction money.

It would be a grave mistake to imagine that the Arab Spring is on its deathbed; it may be in remission as it attempts to gather its forces again, and it may come through different iterations of the revolutionary spirit, but despite everything they have lost, Syrians still demand dignity and freedom.

50 years of the Assad regime: An analysis of the European Union's policy towards Syria

Jimmy Carter’s proposal to rehabilitate Assad and ignore Syrians’ demands for justice isn't just morally bankrupt in the extreme, it also would fail to produce even the “ugly peace” of his imagination.

The world is a bystander to the carnage that has ravaged the lives of Syrians. All has happened in full view of a global audience that sees everything but refuses to act.

Syria's opposition and civil society - which have demanded change for decades - has made it clear what it wants. Are we listening?