Tears and hope as Syrians return home from Turkey


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  • Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024

Syrian migrants arrive at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in the Turkish town of Reyhanli in Hatay province, Turkey, December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Ala Jabeer cried as he prepared to cross from Turkey into Syria with his 10-year-old daughter on Tuesday, thirteen years after the war forced him to flee his home.

He returns without his wife and three of his children who died in devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria last year.

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