Over One Year: More Than 3 Million Refugees and Displaced Syrians Return Home

ARK News.. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that more than three million Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons have returned to their homes since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime a year ago, including over 1.2 million refugees who voluntarily returned from neighboring countries.

In a statement issued on Monday, 8 December 2025, UNHCR said: “The fall of the Assad regime last year created an exceptional opportunity to achieve peace and stability in Syria. One year after the fall, Syrian refugees and displaced persons are returning to their homes.”

The statement clarified that over 1.2 million Syrians have voluntarily returned from neighboring countries since December 2024, alongside more than 1.9 million internally displaced persons who have returned to their original areas. Many others have expressed their desire to return to their homeland.

UNHCR described these returns as a crucial step toward Syria’s recovery process, noting that forced displacement had been one of the deepest wounds left by the conflict.

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