More refugees returning to Iraq: Red Crescent
AFP, January, 2008
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BAGHDAD (AFP) — Around 20,000 Iraqi refugees returned home from Syria in December, suggesting an improved security situation in the country, according to the Iraqi Red Crescent.
The independent organisation said in the report, obtained by AFP on Friday, that 45,913 people returned to Iraq from Syria between mid-September and December 27, more than double the figure reported a month ago.
Of these, 38,736 had returned to Baghdad and the remainder to other provinces, it said, adding the number of internally displaced in Iraq fell by about 10,000 people in November.
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The news comes after US military commanders said on Wednesday that the number of attacks across Iraq had fallen by 62 percent following a US troop "surge" and the formation of scores of anti-Qaeda groups.
"The situation seems to have improved relatively and that has encouraged some Iraqi refugees to come back to ...
