(9 Dec 2024)
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Cilvegozu, Hatay Province, Turkey – 09 December 2024
1. Various of Syrians waiting in line at the Cilvegozu border crossing, waiting to cross into Syria
2. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Mohammed el Mubuhar, 27, Syrian refugee from Damascus:
"I came here six years ago and have been working. But now that (Syrian President Bashar) Assad is gone, I decided to go back immediately. We’re going to go back now but it’s a little difficult. The line isn’t moving. My family is there (in Syria) I will see them, meet them. We’re very happy Assad is gone. There’s no more torture. God willing, Syria will be better."
3. People waiting in line
4. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Mohammed Jesri, 29, Syrian refugee from Aleppo:
"We will go back and will try to find work. Our home was destroyed in the war. When I was working here I had no one, my relatives are in Syria. But if I don’t go … my home was destroyed. So we will go, slowly find work with God’s will. Maybe we’ll rent for a few months and then we’ll see."
5. People in line
6. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Zakariya Mori el Shami, 31, Syrian refugee from Aleppo:
"There was a war (in Syria) 10 years ago so we came and stayed in Turkey because we had to. We’ve been here, thank God. They took good care of us. Now the war in Syria is over. Thank God we’re on our way back. We came here because there was a war now the war is over and we’re going back."
7. Various of people waiting at Turkish side of border crossing
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey on Monday, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government.
Many arrived at the Cilvegozu and Oncupinar border gates at daybreak, draped in blankets and coats.
Some camped by the barriers of the border crossing, warming themselves with makeshift fires or resting on the cold ground.
The border crossings correspond to the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salameh gates on the Syrian side of the border.
Turkish officials have not said how many Syrians have returned since Assad’s downfall.
Authorities set up a checkpoint some five kilometers (3 miles) from Cilvegozu, only allowing Syrians with adequate documentation to advance to the border gate, HaberTurk television reported.
AP video shot by: Mucahit Ceylan
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