Fifty thousand Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon this year-official
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by Reuters
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 12:30 GMT
Lebanon is hosting 976,000 registered Syrian refugees, according to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees
By Laila Bassam
BEIRUT, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Fifty thousand Syrians have returned home from Lebanon so far in 2018 and the number could reach 200,000 in a year's time if it continues at this rate, a top Lebanese official said on Tuesday.
Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Security directorate, told Reuters his security agency had organised the return of 25,000 Syrians in coordination with Damascus. Another 25,000 had made their own way home.
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