Syrian official: “Over 800,000 Syrian migrants returned since Russia began airstrikes in Syria”

Excerpt from:  Syria Refugees Praise Russian Airstrikes, Consider Returning
Sputnik, 29 October 2015

Syrian refugees have welcomed Russian airstrikes, and some may even be returning from abroad as the Syrian army advances alongside the Russian air operation.

Syria’s Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun previously said that over 800,000 refugees have returned since Russian airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria began on September 30th. The operation has also given refugees from the conflict hope that peace would return, according to interviews AP conducted around the Aleppo province, a hub for refugees leaving Syria.

“I hope that with Russian pilots’ help, our military will advance and defeat terrorists so that we could return to our homes,” one refugee told AP.

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SOURCES:
Sputnik News
Submitted by Cem Ertür 
War Press Info Network at:
https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/syrian-migrants/

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