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November 1, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/world/middleeast/syria-refugees-turkey-safe-zone.html

Turkey Wants Refugees to Move Back to Syria. It's a Tough Sell.

(New York Times) Carlotta Gall - Turkish-backed troops are carving out a safe zone in northeastern Syria and opening the way for the Syrian refugees in Turkey to return home. But Syrian forces - deployed by the very government that had sent the refugees fleeing for safety in the first place - promptly moved back into the area, alarming many of the displaced people. "If the regime comes in, we will see a massive campaign of arrests," said Mustafa Hamida, a Syrian lawyer and rights activist who opposes the Assad government. With Assad's forces on the move, few refugees are likely to go back willingly.

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