Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. She was finally going to see her son. A 14-year-old boy the last time she saw him; he is now 22 and living in Germany.

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. Then came a dreaded thought: what if Assad's fall meant he and his family would be forced to return to the devastated country they had fled nine years before?

The new Syrian government has assured the protection of all minority groups and called on Syrian refugees to return home, according to The Guardian. The media outlet stated that Syria's new prime minister claimed the alliance that ousted President Bashar al-Assad would "guarantee" the rights of all religious groups and urged millions who fled the