More than 30,000 Syrians return home, Turkey says

Nearly 31,000 Syrians have returned home since the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, Turkey's interior minister said Friday, the figure rising by about 5,000 in just three days.

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This aerial picture shows the northwestern Syrian town of Kassab on December 27, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending president Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)

2024-12-27 20:41:12

Nearly 31,000 Syrians have returned home since the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, Turkey's interior minister said Friday, the figure rising by about 5,000 in just three days.

"The number of people who went back is 30,663," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told TGRT news channel, saying "30 percent" of them had been born in Turkey.

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