Thousands of Syrian Refugees Return Home from Lebanon: Moscow

MOSCOW- More than 4,100 refugees have returned to Syria from Lebanon since July 18, most of them crossing through Zemrani border crossing point, the head of the Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Accommodation, Major General Alexei Tsygankov, said on Wednesday, according to Itar Tass.

He said 348 refugees arrived from Lebanon on July 30. “No Syrian citizens have gone through the checkpoints on the Syrian-Jordanian border,” he told a session of the headquarters coordinating the refugee return.

 According to the center, 4,174 refugees have returned from Lebanon between July 18 and now. Almost 2,900 of them crossed into Syria trough Zemrani check point. A total of 318 people have crossed into Syria from Jordan through the Nasib checkpoint over the same period of time.

Over the past few months, the Syrian army has won a string of major victories over Daesh extremists outside Damascus and in the south of the country, winning back most of its territory, thus, creating a proper environment for the return of the Syrian refugees home.

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