Istanbul, April 16, 2025 (AFP) - Ankara says over 175,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from Turkey

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2025-04-16
More than 175,000 Syrians who fled their country's civil war to neighbouring Turkey have returned home since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish interior ministry said Wednesday. Nearly 2.8 million Syrian refugees are still in Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that the 175,412 returns between December 9 and April 13 were all "voluntary". The Turkish government, which supports the Islamist-led rebels w......
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