{"id":129574,"date":"2025-09-11T17:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=129574"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:44:10","slug":"un-supported-program-brings-300-syrians-back-from-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129574\/","title":{"rendered":"UN-supported program brings 300 Syrians back from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) <\/strong>\u2013 Approximately 300 Syrian refugees returned from Lebanon on Wednesday through the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing as part of an organized voluntary return program led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, this second batch of returnees arrived today and were transported to various areas across Idlib, Hama, and Homs provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vivian Touma, media officer for UNHCR in Damascus, said, \u201cThis convoy is the second of its kind after years of displacement, under the organized voluntary return program coordinated between UNHCR offices in Syria and Lebanon, the General Board of Land and Sea Crossings in Syria, and the International Organization for Migration in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program ensures safe returns while providing essential services, connecting returnees to a network of approximately 70 community centers across Syria that offer relief aid, psychosocial and legal support, and cash grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the beginning of 2025, around 238,120 Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon, according to UNHCR reports. 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