The United Nations welcomes a Syrian regime plan to allow Palestinians back home to the ravaged Damascus suburb of Yarmuk after expelling jihadists.
Tens of thousands of pre-war residents have been unable to return to the large Palestinian refugee camp in the south of the capital since regime forces ousted the Islamic State group in May.
On Tuesday, deputy foreign minister Faisal al-Meqdad said Damascus had created a “plan for the return of all refugees to the camp,” though he did not give a date.
The UN agency for Palestinians refugees, UNRWA, has applauded the decision.
“UNRWA welcomes the decision by the Syrian government to allow Palestine refugees to return to their homes in Yarmuk camp,” spokesman Chris Gunness says.
Some 160,000 Palestinians lived in Yarmuk before the start of Syria’s seven-year conflict.
— AFP
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