DAMASCUS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in December 2024, with over a quarter of those still abroad expressing a desire to return in the coming months, said a senior official from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday.
Aseer Madaien, deputy representative of the UNHCR mission in Syria, told Xinhua that since Dec. 8, when a militant coalition toppled al-Assad's government, the agency has tracked a significant increase in refugee returns, signaling a shift in migration patterns.
