Security circumstances in Syria now better for refugees to return home – minister

AMMAN — Interior Minister Mazen Farraya has said that security circumstances now allow Syrian refugees to return to their country.

Speaking to the government-owned Al Mamlaka TV on Monday, Farraya said, "What prevented refugees from returning to their country was the security issue and now this has changed."

The minister said that information suggests that security conditions on the northern border of the Kingdom with Syria are stable, adding that what is happening today in Syria represents "the end of a tragedy and years of suffering."

According to official figures, Jordan is home to around 1.3 million Syrians, including nearly 660,000 refugees registered UNHCR, out of more than 5 million Syrian refugees in Jordan and neighboring countries.

Farraya said that there are no signs for the return of the Daesh terror group, noting that drug smuggling threats can occur anytime.

He also said that the Kingdom has not received any Syrian official after toppling the Bashar Al Assad's regime.