Regional Flash Update #43 Syria Situation (4 September 2025)

Key Highlights

• As of 3 September 2025, UNHCR estimates that 862,396 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring countries since 8 December 2024.
• At the same time, IDP returns continue, with 1,763,513 internally displaced persons (IDPs) having returned to their homes in Syria, including 880,058 returning from IDP sites since 8 December 2024, according to the latest data of the IDP Task Force.
• During the reporting period, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements visited Syria and Lebanon, observing return movements and interacting with refugees, asylum seekers in Lebanon and IDP and refugee returnees in Syria as well as the authorities in both countries. She called for support to end displacement for millions of Syrians.
• Between 27 August and 2 September, UNHCR supported the safe and dignified return of 423 Syrian refugee families (1,342 individuals) through transportation and logistical assistance at key border crossing points – Bab Al-Hawa, Al-Salama, and Joussieh. Since the beginning of the year, 16,489 returnees have benefited from this support across these three crossings.
• To support reintegration, UNHCR provided Return and Reintegration Cash Assistance to 1,796 families (6,995 returnees) across Syria. This brings the total number of families supported to 4,759, benefiting nearly 20,000 returnees.
• In Jordan, UNHCR launched a pilot initiative of cash assistance for voluntary return aimed at supporting approximately 10,000 refugees from Azraq and Zaatari camps who expressed intention to return to Syria.
• In Türkiye, in 29 August, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 450,169 Syrians have voluntarily returned from the country since 8 December 2024
• UNHCR distributed Core Relief Items (CRI) kits to 7,063 households (28,735 individuals) inside Syria, including returnees, families affected by wildfires, those impacted by the emergency in AsSweida, and urgent cases in Al-Hol, Areesha, and Newroz camps.

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