Assad’s fall opens window for Syrian refugees to head home − but for many, it won’t be an easy decision
- Written by Kelsey Norman, Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
For more than a decade, Syrians have been the world’s largest refugee population.
More than 6 million Syrians have fled the country since 2011, when an uprising against the regime of Bashar Assad transformed into a 13-year civil war. Most ended up in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, while a sizable...