The military-age Syrians have a different angle than most people think. If you stayed in Syria....whether you were pro-Assad or anti-Assad, or just plain neutral....the Syrian military is so low on manpower that they are literally driving into villages and grabbing guys....forcing them to be Assad solders. Most families see the whole cause of staying there....even if neutral or anti-Assad....to be a waste of lives. They don’t want their sons to participate on any side.
So, there’s a fair amount of belief that if Russia tamed Syria and took out ISIS....that some kind of peace would come. If so....a vast number of these younger guys have already said that they won’t stay in Germany, and they’d return to Syria.
Hence, this is what a number of Germans question massive use of gov’t funding for language and integration classes....IF they won’t permanently stay.
There’s a lot more to the overall story, and you just don’t get it via any US media outlet.
If that’s true I don’t thimk Assad will look kindly on the draft-dodgers. They’d be better off learning to speak German.