Countries are forcibly sending Syrians back home, though their country remains highly insecure.

In Jordan, internationally backed efforts to extend successful community policing programs beyond refugee camps face multiple challenges.

The Assad regime’s recent victories in southwestern Syria provide Jordan an opportunity to open the border and pursue reconstruction that could encourage refugees to return.

Syria’s regime is changing the country’s urban planning laws to punish its foes and reward loyalists.

Maha Yahya discusses a major Carnegie report on what it will take for displaced Syrians to return to their country.

As the living conditions for Syrian refugees worsen and the risks of going home mount, the notion of a voluntary return is rapidly losing meaning.

Following the end of the fighting in Syria, displaced refugees will require four things before they return home.

Under increasing financial pressure, states hosting Syrian refugees are pressuring them to return whether conditions in Syria are safe or not.

In an interview, Kheder Khaddour discusses his recent paper on how the situation in eastern Syria will impact refugees.

The Afrin operation is the result of a Russian-Turkish land swap, whose long-term repercussions will be significant.

The Islamic State’s defeat in Syria will not automatically bring displaced people home. A broader political settlement that reflects regional and national realities will be required.

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