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ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise as conflict lingers on in neighbouring Syria. | 06:49am
President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise a...
Erdogan has said he aims to ensure the return of one million refugees within a year to the opposition-held areas.
Many Arab states have accepted that Bashar al-Assad’s government has survived in Syria, and want to return to normality.
In March 2013, with almost 100,000 dead in the then two-year Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad, a Muslim cleric who headed the Syrian opposition was welcomed to take the country’s seat at the annual summit of Arab leaders.