Turkey: 550,000 Syrians Have Returned Home Since Assad’s Fall

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Saturday that 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to their country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024.اضافة اعلان

Currently, about 2.4 million Syrians remain as refugees in Turkey, down from a peak of 3.5 million during the height of the Syrian conflict, according to Turkish authorities.

On Friday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that a total of 1.16 million Syrians have returned to Syria since December 8, 2024.

The agency added that over 1.9 million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their home cities.

However, more than 7 million Syrians remain internally displaced, while about 4.5 million are refugees abroad.

(AFP)