Author: OMAR SANADIKI Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 01/09/2025 | 13:37:22
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850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December. About 1.7 million people who were internally displaced during the 14-year-old conflict have returned to their communities. More than five million Syrians fled the country as refugees, most of them to neighboring nations. Lebanon has the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Sectarian killings against members of Assad’s Alawite minority sect in March and against the Druze minority in the southern province of Sweida claimed hundreds of lives. Clements said about 190,000 people were displaced in southern Syria as a result of the fighting in July between pro-government gunmen and Druze fighters.
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