People protest in front of the German Foreign Ministry during a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy in Berlin on March 30, 2026, with placards showing (C) an image with half former president Bashar al-Assad (C, R), half Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the former "nom de guerre" of Syria's current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (C, L) and another showing Syria's current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (L, L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R, L) kissing. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Germany on Monday for talks on the Middle East war, rebuilding his country and Berlin's efforts to send back Syrian refugees. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)