A convoy including 326 people entered Syria in coordination between the Lebanese and Syrian authorities within the framework of securing the voluntary return of Syrian refugees from Lebanon.

Most of the families had left their villages in the Qalamoun area due to the intensification of battles between the Syrian forces and armed groups between 2013 and 2014.

At the Al-Zamrani crossing, various Syrian government agencies were present, in addition to a number of humanitarian organizations, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, to provide aid and assistance to the returnees from Lebanon.

The video shows a new convoy of Syrian refugees returning from Lebanon entered the Syrian territories, through the Al-Zamrani crossing in the town of Al-Jarajir in Damascus countryside.

This footage was filmed and produced 5 November 2022.

Hundreds of Syrian refugees return to Syria after years of displacement in Lebanon. The convoy included 326 people, who entered Syria in coordination between the Lebanese and Syrian authorities, within the framework of securing the voluntary return of Syrian refugees from Lebanon. Most of the families had left their villages in the Qalamoun area, due to the intensification of battles between the Syrian forces and armed groups between 2013 and 2014.

At the Al-Zamrani crossing, various Syrian government agencies were present, in addition to a number of humanitarian organizations, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, to provide aid and assistance to the returnees from Lebanon.

The video shows a new convoy of Syrian refugees returning from Lebanon entered the Syrian territories, through the Al-Zamrani crossing in the town of Al-Jarajir in Damascus countryside.

Interviews:

1) Omar Dora - Secretary of the Municipal Council in the village of Jarajir

We have fully prepared the logistical matters, according to the governor’s directives, to enter the expatriate families, prepare buses to transport them, and prepare cars for citizens to help them transport their personal belongings, in cooperation with the local councils in the Nabek and Yabroud area.

2) Dr. Muhammad Matouk - Head of the Readiness Office in the Damascus Countryside Health Directorate

Since last Wednesday, we have received the first batch of our brothers returning from Lebanon, and the Health Directorate has mobilized in all its departments to provide all the required services and primary health care, which includes the vaccine and the diseases monitored by the vaccine.

3) Syrian refugee returning from Lebanon

We say to all the people you have to go back to your country and we hope that God will bring all the Syrians together so that we can rebuild our country.