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November 21, 2007
Home For The Holidays: 1,000 *Former* Refugees Returning To Baghdad, Per Day
Gateway Pundit notes that an entire neighborhood in Damascus, formerly containing mostly Iraqi refugees, has cleared out on news of the restored security in Iraq.
Saida Zaynab, the Damascus neighbourhoods once dominated by many of the 1.5 million Iraqi refugees, is almost deserted. Apartment prices are plummeting and once-crowded shops and buses are half empty.
This is interesting too:
An improving security situation - but also the lack of job opportunities for Iraqis in Syria - may account for the move, correspondents say.
So Iraq offers greater job opportunities, despite its bloody recent history? That seems hopeful.
Thanks to CJ.