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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. | Photo: AP/Baderkhan Ahmad
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
