The vast majority of Syrians want to return home.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad stated that “the problem of refugees in Syria is a national problem as well as a humanitarian one,” noting that “we have managed to return hundreds of thousands of refugees in recent years, and today we are still working diligently for the return of all refugees who wish to return. “

Al-Assad highlighted in a video speech during the opening of the international conference on the return of refugees, held at the Umayyad Conference Palace in Damascus, on Wednesday, that “the overwhelming majority of Syrians are abroad today and more never wanting to return to their homeland because they refuse to do so. ” A figure on the regulation of political investment and a role in the hand of the regimes that support terrorism against their homeland ”.

He considered that “the issue of refugees in Syria is a fabricated issue”, and noted that “because the objective conditions do not push to create a refugee situation, it was necessary that the Western regimes under the leadership of the US regime and the countries affiliated with him in our neighborhood, particularly Turkey, will create artificial conditions to push Syrians to collective exit. ” From Syria, to be a justification to interfere in Syrian affairs and then fragment the state and turn it into a dependent state that works for its interests rather than the interests of its people. “

He added: “The spread of terrorism was the easiest way, which began with the establishment of” ISIS “in Iraq in 2006 under the auspices of the United States, which during the war in Syria joined its sisters, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Nusra and others, and destroyed infrastructure, killed innocents, paralyzed public services and spread terror. And pushed Syrians to flee their homeland. “

He continued: “In 2014, when it seemed that the Syrian state was on the way to restoring security and stability, those countries mobilized the terrorist” ISIS “with the aim of dispersing the armed forces and empowering terrorists from a large part of Syrian territory, most of which was restored thanks to the sacrifices of our national army and the support of our friends this support. Which had a great impact on the defeat of the terrorists and the liberation of many areas. “

She noted: “Today, we are faced with a complex problem of 3 interconnected elements: millions of refugees wanting to return, hundreds of billions of destroyed infrastructure built over decades and terrorism still affects some areas of Syria.”

He stressed that “the institutions of the Syrian state are taking acceptable steps in relation to their capacities to face this great challenge”, adding: “With the continuation of its war on terror, it has provided facilities and guarantees for the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees to the homeland through many legislations such as postponing compulsory service for a year. For the returnees and the numerous amnesty decrees that benefited those inside and outside the homeland. “