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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ghaith Alsayed and Abby Sewell

Syrian families return home in time for Eid al-Adha after years in notorious displacement camp

APTOPIX Syria Eid Rukban Camp - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine years in a notorious displacement camp in the Syrian desert.

True, the home they returned to, in the town of al-Qaryatayn in the eastern part of Syria’s Homs province, was damaged during the nearly 14 years of civil war. Al-Saleh fears that even a small earthquake will bring it down on their heads. Many of the surrounding buildings have collapsed.

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