Displaced Syrian Families Returned Back from Lebanon

DAMASCUS COUNTRYSIDE,(ST)_ Several  displaced Syrian families who were  forced by  criminal acts of terrorist groups to leave their homes to Lebanon , returned back on Thursday , after receiving guarantees of having  a decent life, in the  course of implementing  the political program  set to resolve the crisis in Syria.

The returning families were welcomed at Yabus border center by the ministers of social affairs and labor and   Minister of State  for the Red Crescent affairs  and were escorted until their temporary accommodation center, Qudsaya  in Rural Damascus.

Members of the returning families stressed that Syria always remains a safe haven for all its people and expressed thanks for the facilities provided to them by the government for their  safe return to their homeland.

7-year old  child Hamza Ibumajar said  that he had left Syria with his family to Lebanon  because ” the terrorists opened fire and missiles at his home” while said Sakina 9 years  said: “Since I am now in al-Sham  I’m not afraid any more . “

“We are returning back home, because no other place can compensate us our country,” Maysa Isa mother of two sons and a daughter  said with outpouring nostalgia she had experienced, expressing hope that safety and stability  will be  back to all parts of Syria.

Haya Owaid said she is  returning with  her husband after nearly ten months of exile  and they had left their home as a result of repeated threats from terrorist groups , pointing out that ” though they received great  attention and care from hosting  Lebanese families , Syria always remains the warm cuddling .”

She expressed hope that all Syrians will support the army to eradicate terrorism in all its forms.

Nada Al Zoubi, who returned with her husband and family said:  “we were forced nine months ago to get to Lebanon to escape the terrorist groups “, stressing that “Syria is our mother and we are her children and she is indispensable for all of us “. She called  on  all the displaced people to return immediately to the homeland.

In statements to pressmen , Minister of Social Affairs Kinda al-Shammat  noted the  social welfare programs  provided for the arriving  families at the temporary residence centers  that include social and psychological care and rehabilitation,” indicating  that assistance will be given  to all returning families in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.

T. Fateh