Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Turkey: hundreds return to their homes in Syria

Turkey: hundreds return to their homes in Syria
Copyright 
By Catherine Hardy with REUTERS, TRTRT
Published on
Share Comments
Share Close Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy to clipboard Copied

With a palpable feeling of relief, more than two thousand Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey have crossed back into their own country. There was

With a palpable feeling of relief, more than two thousand Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey have crossed back into their own country.

There was tight security on the Turkish side. Hundreds of refugees, mainly women and children, are returning to their homes in Tel Abyad.

Most had been waiting since first light.

The gate was reopened a few days after militants from the group calling itself Islamic State were ousted from the border town by Syrian Kurds.

Syrian Kurdish led forces captured Tel Abyad from Islamic State
last week, driving the militants away from the
frontier in an advance backed by US-led air strikes.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments

Read more

Was al-Assad's top adviser assassinated before his downfall in Syria?

Syrians mark first anniversary of Assad’s ousting with nationwide celebrations

One year after Syria ouster, al-Assad lives under strict Russian supervision in Moscow exile