Syrians return to Damascus via Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing east of Beirut on Dec. 8, 2024, following the fall of the Syrian capital to anti-government fighters.Share
Without hesitation and after more than 13 years in exile, hundreds of Syrian refugees rushed to return to their country this week in the hope of reuniting with their families and reestablishing their lives. Joan Cabasés Vega spoke with some of the refugees from the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria.
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