500 Syrians begin returning home from Lebanon

Syrian refugees prepare to be evacuated from the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa, on Wednesday, to return home to their village of Beit Jinn in the southwestern Damascus countryside (AFP photo)

On Wednesday, 15 buses provided by Syria reached the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa to transport refugees out, AFP’s correspondent said.

They were accompanied by Lebanon’s General Security forces, which is present along the country’s borders. 

An estimated 500 Syrian refugees, who had been living for years in Shebaa after fleeing the war in their neighbouring homeland, boarded the buses.