Al Jazeera report from 7 October 2026 on the return of engineer Adnan Wahhoud’s passport by the Syrian embassy in Berlin.

Syria’s embassy in Berlin has returned a passport seized by the former Assad government 43 years ago. Adnan Wahoud, an engineer and inventor living in Germany, says it was taken after he refused to cooperate with the former government.

Syria’s embassy in Berlin has returned the passport of Adnan Wahoud, who lives in Germany, Al Jazeera reports. The document was seized by the authorities under the former government 43 years ago.

Wahoud is a mechanical engineer and inventor. He said his passport was confiscated after he refused to cooperate with Bashar al-Assad’s former government. The report did not provide further details about the return process or Wahoud’s plans.