Displaced Syrians may lose homes under new law

Under a new absentee law, Syrians must prove they own their property or have it confiscated by the regime.

Displaced people who fled the Syrian war sit on their belongings near the Lebanese-Syrian border as they prepare to return to their village of Beit Jinn in Syria, while Lebanese General Security soldiers stand guard, in the southern village of Shebaa, Lebanon, Wednesday, April, 18, 2018.
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Displaced people who fled the Syrian war sit on their belongings near the Lebanese-Syrian border as they prepare to return to their village of Beit Jinn in Syria, while Lebanese General Security soldiers stand guard, in the southern village of Shebaa, Lebanon, Wednesday, April, 18, 2018.

More than 12 million Syrians who have fled the country to escape the war are now at the risk of losing their homes.

Under a new law, they must prove they own their property or have it confiscated by the regime.  

The development has raised fears that citizens, who opposed Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad, could now be permanently exiled.

TRT World's Caitlin McGee reports.

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