- Title: Syrians return home as Lebanon sucked deeper into war
- Date: 3rd March 2026
- Summary: JDAYDET YABOUS, SYRIA (MARCH 3, 2026) (REUTERS) VEHICLES AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE ARRIVAL HALL OF JDAYDET YABOUS CROSSING AT THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BELONGINGS ON TOP OF VEHICLE WOMEN NEXT TO VEHICLES VARIOUS OF SYRIAN, MOHAMMED HAMMO, NEXT TO MINI VAN (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN ORIGINALLY FROM RAQQA, MOHAMMED HAMMO, 31, SAYING: “The experience was very difficult because whe
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- Keywords: Hezbollah Iran Lebanon Syria border civilians displaced
- Location: JDAYDET YABOUS, SYRIA
- City: JDAYDET YABOUS, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA001047503032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Syrians returning from Lebanon filled Jdaydet Yabous crossing at the Syrian-Lebanese border on Tuesday (March 3), after they fled the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that escalated this week.
Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East as the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel for a second consecutive day on Tuesday and Israel sent troops into the south and carried out waves of air strikes.
The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that there has been an increase in the number of Syrian refugees moving from Lebanon back into Syria, adding that it was putting a contingency plan in place in case of possible further influx.
Lebanon has the highest concentration of refugees per capita in the world, hosting about 1.5 million Syrians among a population of about 4 million Lebanese.
More than 6 million Syrians had fled as refugees after conflict broke out in Syria in 2011, with most heading to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
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