By Karolina Tagaris , Edward McAllister and Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - 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.

A growing number of European countries said they would stop processing asylum claims, and some want to pressure Syrians to leave.

As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.