Beirut, Lebanon, June 19, 2025 (AFP) - Two million Syrians return home since Assad's fall: UN

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Over two million Syrians who had fled their homes during their country's war have returned since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in December, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said Thursday during a regional visit. The Syrian civil war, which erupted in 2011 with Assad's brutal repression of anti-government protests, displaced half of the population internally or abroad. But Assad's December 8 ouster at the hands of Islamist forces sparked hopes......

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