Syrians return to the ruins of looted and destroyed homes

Syrians return to the ruins of looted and destroyed homes

“I thought they would loot,” al-Khaled told FairPlanet quietly as he walked around what was left of his home, “but not burn and destroy the structure. This was the most beautiful house in the street, now it’s unrecognisable.” Al-Khaled was one of the residents of the Job al-Jandaley neighborhood in Homs to return the earliest to a place where most were forced to flee 14 years ago as regime tanks rolled in. Now, after the fall of the Assad regime…

Syrians Going Back Home

Many Syrians have begun returning home after Assad's fall, but most remain abroad due to destroyed infrastructure, stalled reconstruction, and sanctions that have only recently been partially eased.

Syrians search for ways to prove ownership of their homes - Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi – Besan Khalaf Zaid Mofleh’s joy was short-lived when he returned to his home in the Sayyida Zainab neighborhood south of Damascus, only to find another family living in his house. Mofleh, who was subjected to arbitrary detention by the previous regime, along with the war and displacement that forced him to seek refuge in the Netherlands, returned home after the regime’s fall to find his house taken over by another family. This famil…