More than 350 people came back from Lebanon to Syria in a day, more than 700 refugees arrived from Jordan, follows from the newsletter of the refugee reception, distribution and accommodation center, published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Over the past day, 1,094 refugees came back to the Syrian Arab Republic from the territories of foreign states, including 377 people from Lebanon through the Jaydet-Yabus and Tell-Kalah checkpoints (113 women, 192 children), Jordan through the Nasib checkpoint – 717 people (215 women, 366 children)”, – the bulletin says.
It is noted that 124 refugees returned to their places of permanent residence during the day.
It is added that the engineering units of the Syrian Armed Forces per day carried out the tasks of undermining the terrain and facilities in El Harra, Jasim (province of Deraa) and the Duma (province of Damascus). During the day, specialists cleared 1.7 hectares of territory, 37 explosive objects (GP) were discovered and destroyed.
The armed conflict in Syria has been ongoing since 2011. At the end of 2017, a victory was announced over the ISIS* terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. In some areas of the country, stripping from militants continues. At the moment, a political settlement, the restoration of Syria, and the return of refugees are in the forefront.
*-terrorist organization banned in Russia.