Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, visits Aleppo and encourages local Christians to help rebuild Syria and to keep the Christian presence alive in the Middle East.

A devastating report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry has shed light on systematic arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearances carried out by the former Syrian Government, labelling them crimes against humanity and war crimes.

"However, 7.4 million Syrians are still uprooted inside the country and there are more than 6 million Syrian refugees worldwide," the statement said

Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the international community for bold and decisive action to help Syrians rebuild their war-torn country and support displaced Syrians in returning home.

Returning the roughly six million Syrians who fled abroad and the millions who became internally displaced has been a main aim of Syria's new administration

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Saturday called on Western governments to remove sanctions against Syria as they are an "obstacle" to the return of millions of refugees. The number of Syrians wishing to return "had reached almost zero.

Despite the recent political shift in Syria with Bashar Assad's government overthrow, around 200,000 refugees have returned home. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi emphasizes the need for economic and infrastructural reform to sustain this return.

The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the government of Bashar Assad was overthrown last month.

Syria’s new administration leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met in Damascus on Saturday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. The state news agency SANA said the meeting ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Almost 30% of the millions of Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries want to return home in the next year, following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, up from almost none last year, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said.

DAMASCUS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday called on the international community to increase aid for Syrians returning to their war-ravaged homeland, warning that recent political changes have not alleviated the deep humanitarian crisis.

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