Russia facilitates return of displaced Syrian families
Under the auspices of the Russian forces and their affiliated militias, hundreds of displaced people are returning to their villages in the Lajat region located in the countryside of Daraa governorate to find extensively destroyed houses lacking basic power and water services.
ALEPPO, Syria — Hundreds of displaced Syrians have returned to their villages in the Lajal region of Daraa province, under the auspices of the Russian forces that mediated with the Syrian government for the return of the displaced to their areas of control.
On May 22, the Russian Sputnik agency said, “More than 420 displaced people from the village of Eyeb in the northern countryside of Daraa returned home years after they fled repeated attacks launched by the Islamic State, which took control of the adjacent Lajat region in the northeastern countryside of the [Daraa] province.”
The agency quoted its correspondent to the area as saying, “Eyeb is now under the control of the Syrian army in the wake of reconciliation agreements that were concluded under the auspices of the Russian forces.”
It added that most of the returning families lived in a small camp under extremely difficult conditions, especially in light of the harsh winter season.
