US Edition850,000 Syrian Refugees Have Returned Home Since Assad’s Fall, UN Says
The United Nations refugee agency reports that 850,000 Syrians have returned since Assad's fall, as displaced populations come back amid ongoing conflict.
- Since the fall of Bashar Assad's government in December, approximately 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home, as stated by Kelly T. Clements from UNHCR.
- Clements reported that the figure could reach 1 million in the coming weeks based on current trends.
- Clements mentioned that 1.7 million internally displaced people have returned to their communities due to the interim central government controlling large parts of Syria.
- About 190,000 people were displaced in southern Syria due to recent fighting, as noted by Clements.
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Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighbouring countries, which could reach a million in the coming weeks, said a senior official of the UN Refugee Agency on Monday.
Since the fall of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, about 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned from neighboring countries, according to the UNHCR. Within weeks, that number could reach one million, the UN refugee agency estimates.
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850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since Assad's fall, UN says
An official with the U.N. reguee agency UNHCR says that since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries.
Shocking turn of events: 850,000 Syrian refugees have already returned to their homeland since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and the number could soon reach 1 million! According to the UN, a turbulent period is coming, and the dangers are not over yet.
It is expected that the number of returns will increase, but many Syrians are still waiting to see how the situation develops in their country.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are returning to Syria, and the UN is talking about a million in a few weeks. After the fall of the Assad regime, 850,000 refugees have returned to Syria. The UN predicts that this number will rise to a million within weeks.
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