Refugees return to Syria from Lebanon

Buses carrying hundreds of Syrian refugees have started crossing the border taking them home from Lebanon.

Hundreds of Syrian refugees have started crossing the border from Lebanon - the latest group to return to Syria from its western neighbour.

Three buses carrying scores of people crossed the border into Syria on Saturday afternoon and more than 30 other buses are in Lebanon to take more refugees later in the day.

Russia has put forward an initiative to return hundreds of thousands of refugees to Syria and hundreds of Syrians have returned to Syria from Lebanon over the past weeks.

Many have returned from the northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal. Most of those heading home on Saturday were coming from the southern Lebanese village of Chebaa.

Lebanon is home to some 1 million Syrian refugees.

The Russian initiative was proposed following the summit in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.


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