Moscow Says Syria Is Ready To Accept One Million Returning Refugees

On Tuesday, the Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, announced that Syria will be ready to accept one million returning refugees, AFP reports.

Shoigu claimed that one million refugees have already returned since 2015 “when towns and villages started to be freed.” But now, he says, “Huge infrastructure reconstruction work is ongoing, the rebuilding of transport routes and security points so that Syria can begin accepting refugees.”