Svenja Schulze was in Damascus to discuss a new program that would see German doctors train Syrian colleagues. Many Syrian ...

BERLIN — Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany, and the fall of Bashar Assad is raising concern over the potential consequences for the health sector if many of them were to return home.

Germany is supporting Syria's health-care system with partnerships between Syrian and German hospitals, Development Minister ...

An estimated 5,000 Syrian doctors work in hospitals alone. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who puts the total number of Syrian doctors at over 6,000, says they are “indispensable” to health care.

BERLIN — Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany, and the fall of Bashar Assad is raising concern over the potential consequences for the health sector if many of them were to return home.