While Turkey has announced plans for the repatriation of around one million Syrian refugees to their homeland, refugee experts warn that the present security conditions in the conflict-ridden Arab country are not conducive for the asylum seekers to rebuild their lives.

Moscow and Damascus criticize the West over its "sheer hypocrisy", saying it is heavily investing in terrorist plots against the Arab country.

The joint meeting of the Syrian–Russian ministerial coordination committees on the return of Syrian refugees is held in Damascus.

Syrian and Russian high ranking officials have held a follow up conference in Damascus on refugees' return.

A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon is set on fire following a fight between members of the camp and a local Lebanese family.

Participants in an international conference on Syrian refugees’ return have called for a series of measures to ease the process of the refugees' return to their homeland.

Russian and Syrian officials say the US is trying to receive aid for allied Takfiri terrorists by using refugees at Rukban near the Jordan border as a bargaining chip.