Khaberni - The Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Saturday that 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to their country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024.
About 2.4 million Syrian refugees remain in Turkey, where their numbers had exceeded 3.5 million at the peak of the war in Syria, according to Turkish authorities.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday that a total of 1.16 million Syrians have returned to their country since December 8, 2024.
The Commission added that more than 1.9 million internally displaced persons in Syria have returned to their hometowns.
It also indicated that more than seven million Syrians are still displaced within the country, while about 4.5 million remain refugees abroad.
