{"id":121124,"date":"2025-01-19T10:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=121124"},"modified":"2025-01-19T10:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:22:42","slug":"un-reports-nearly-200000-syrian-refugees-return-home-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/121124\/","title":{"rendered":"UN reports nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees return home in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The United Nations announced on Saturday night that nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their country since the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filippo Grandi, U.N. 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