Civilians start returning to Syria’s Palmyra

Hundreds of civilians on Saturday were transported back to the ancient city of Palmyra, following its recapture by the military.

Ten buses carrying civilians, including women and children, headed to Palmyra, as part of the government’s efforts to return the displaced people to their homes in the city, which was taken by the Daesh terror group last May and liberated by the Syrian army and allied fighters last month, a government source said.

Saturday’s batch is the second to enter Palmyra, as nearly 400 civilians returned last Thursday, the source said.

“Today’s number is higher than that of Thursday. We have got hundreds of people heading back to their homes in Palmyra,” the source added.

Palmyra, which contains 2,000-year-old monuments and is a Unesco world heritage site, constitutes the ancient part of the city and a residential one...
 [IANS - gulfnews.com]
9/4/16