Landmines slow return to Palmyra, Syria, home of famed ancient ruins

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Over a million Syrians return home, but major challenges lie ahead

Returning Syrians have been met with poor living conditions and lack of job opportunities

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Landmines slow return to Palmyra, Syria, home of famed ancient ruins

Before Syria’s civil war, the ancient ruins of Palmyra were one of the country’s premier tourist attractions. But as VOA’s Heather Murdock reports, the modern city is itself now in ruins and littered with mines that have killed several people trying to return to their homes. Videographer: Yan Boechat

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More than one million Syrians return to their homes: UN

GENEVA: More than one million people have returned to their homes in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, including 280,000 refugees who came back from abroad, the UN said on Tuesday. Assad was toppled in December in a rebel offensive, putting an end to his family’s decades-long grip on power in the Middle Eastern country and bookmarking a civil war that broke out in 2011, with the brutal repression of anti-government protests. Syria’s w…

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Over One Million Syrians Return Home After Assad’s Overthrow: UN Reports

The United Nations estimates that over a million Syrians have returned to their homes after the ousting of the Bashar al-Assad government. These are composed of 280,000 refugees who returned from other countries and over 800,000 internally displaced individuals. The rebel offensive beginning in December brought an end to decades of rule by Assad, effectively...

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More than one million Syrians return to their homes: UN | Macau Business | Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines

More than one million people have returned to their homes in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, including 280,000 refugees who came back from… Read More: The post More than one million Syrians return to their homes: UN | Macau Business appeared first on Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines.

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Since the overthrow of the former president, Islamist-led rebels have been trying to reassure the international community that they have broken away from their past.