More than 177,000 Syrian refugees returned voluntarily from Jordan to Syria over the past year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Yousef Taha, a spokesperson for the UNHCR in Jordan, said about 177,099 Syrians went back to their home country from Jordan since Dec. 8, 2024, according to the Jordanian state-owned Al-Mamlaka news TV. He added that the number of refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Jordan stood at 444,991 as of Nov. 30, 2025. Syrians make up the vast majority of registered refugees in Jordan, totaling 421,511 people. Iraqis follow with about 12,419 refugees, then Yemenis with 6,077, Sudanese with 4,267, Somalis with 324, and 393 people from other nationalities. The pace of returns slowed […]