Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attend a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attend a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attend a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, lawyer of defendant French military member Pierre Bourdin, speaks to the press at the opening of the so-called Athanor trial, in which 22 people are facing a wide range of charges, including murder, centred on the Athanor Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads, at the Assize Court in the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on March 30, 2026. The 22 defendants are accused of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. At least four freemasons from the 20 or so members of the lodge are in the dock. Other defendants include four officers from France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, three police officers, six business executives, a security guard, a doctor and an engineer. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attend a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attend a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

(L-R) German Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche, Syrian Economy and Industry Minister Mohammad Nidal Alshaar, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani pose ahead a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul pose ahead a German-Syrian roundtable meeting on economy at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 30, 2026. 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)