A senior Russian official on July 26 urged Syrian refugees to return to Syria where he said they faced no threat from President Bashar al-Assad’s government or the Syrian security apparatus.
Reuters: Russian envoy urges Syrian refugee return
A displaced Syrian girl walks at a refugee camp in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 8, 2017. More than half of Syria's population has been displaced since the country's conflict began with anti-government protests in March 2011.
