The UN refugee agency estimates more than half a million Syrians have returned home from neighbouring countries since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. Roughly 170 thousand are from Lebanon, where the government hopes the lifting of US sanctions will help Syria’s recovery and facilitate more returns. But many say they have nothing to return to. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SyrianRefugees #ReturnToSyria #PostAssadEra #SyriaRebuilding #LebanonToSyria #UNHCRReports #RefugeeReturn #SanctionsAndSyria #NothingToReturnTo #SyriaRecoveryHope #SyriaAfterAssad #AlJazeeraEnglish
Syrian refugees heading home: Lebanon hopes Syria’s recovery will increase returns
The UN refugee agency estimates more than half a million Syrians have returned home from neighbouring countries since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. Roughly 170 thousand are from Lebanon, where the government hopes the lifting of US sanctions will help Syria’s recovery and facilitate more returns. But many say they have nothing to return to. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SyrianRefugees #ReturnToSyria #PostAssadEra #SyriaRebuilding #LebanonToSyria #UNHCRReports #RefugeeReturn #SanctionsAndSyria #NothingToReturnTo #SyriaRecoveryHope #SyriaAfterAssad #AlJazeeraEnglish