Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, more than 115,000 citizens who previously lived in different countries have returned to Syria.
This information was provided by the UN Refugee Agency, based on public statements from host countries, contacts with Syrian immigration services and border monitoring.
People are returning to Syria in droves
According to the UN, the number of Syrians leaving Lebanon remains small but stable.
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While Jordan reported that more than 22,000 people entered Syria through its border, of whom more than 3,000 were registered as refugees.
There is also a flow of refugees across the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, with around 300-400 people fleeing daily.
In addition, in Egypt, the UN agency has received more requests to close cases from Syrian refugees than usual. From 8 to 29 December, 1,448 requests were submitted concerning 2,695 people, an average of 97 requests per day, compared with 7 requests per day in November.
— Some 664,000 remain displaced across Syria, mostly in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. The majority, 75%, — women and children, the UN reported.
Nearly 486,000 displaced people have returned to their homes, mostly in the provinces of Hama and Aleppo.
Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that from December 9 to 13, more than seven thousand people crossed the border to return to Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.
