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In Photos | Syrian Families Return To Ras al-Ayn After Seven Years, Find Homes In Ruins

Seven years after fleeing a Turkish military offensive in 2019, around 450 Syrian families are preparing to return to the Ras al-Ayn countryside. Trucks carrying furniture, household goods and other belongings leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, while children and women travel alongside them. In Al-Arisha, returning residents unload their possessions outside damaged homes and pass buildings reduced to rubble. For families who spent years displaced, the journey back brings them to familiar surroundings marked by destruction, as they begin moving into homes they were forced to leave behind.

Trucks packed with belongings line the roads at al-Talayi camp as displaced families get ready to return to the Ras al-Ayn countryside, in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. Around 450 families are making the journey after seven years of displacement following a Turkish military offensive in 2019. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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Trucks packed with belongings line the roads at al-Talayi camp as displaced families get ready to return to the Ras al-Ayn countryside, in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
Trucks packed with belongings line the roads at al-Talayi camp as displaced families get ready to return to the Ras al-Ayn countryside, in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Trucks carrying returning residents and their belongings pass destroyed buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee.
Trucks carrying returning residents and their belongings pass destroyed buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Children gather around a motorcycle as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
Children gather around a motorcycle as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Women carry young children between trucks loaded with belongings as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
Women carry young children between trucks loaded with belongings as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
A woman holds a young child amid household belongings and destroyed buildings after returning to Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced residents to flee.
A woman holds a young child amid household belongings and destroyed buildings after returning to Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced residents to flee. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
A truck carrying returning residents and their belongings passes destroyed buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee.
A truck carrying returning residents and their belongings passes destroyed buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
A woman holds a young child as other children carry belongings inside their damaged home after returning to Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee.
A woman holds a young child as other children carry belongings inside their damaged home after returning to Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive alongside allied Syrian factions forced them to flee. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Returning residents unload belongings from a truck amid damaged buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive backed by allied Syrian factions forced them to flee.
Returning residents unload belongings from a truck amid damaged buildings in Al-Arisha, in Syria's Ras al-Ayn countryside, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, seven years after a Turkish military offensive backed by allied Syrian factions forced them to flee. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
Internal security forces guard displaced families returning to the Ras al-Ayn countryside after seven years of displacement during a stop en route from Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
Internal security forces guard displaced families returning to the Ras al-Ayn countryside after seven years of displacement during a stop en route from Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
A young child looks through a truck's windshield as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
A young child looks through a truck's windshield as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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