Syria regime welcomes returning refugees with charm offensive Images filmed during a press tour organised by the Russian army shows buses transporting Syrian refugees back from Lebanon at the border between Syria and Lebanon in Jdaidat Yabous and destroyed buildings in a suburb near Damascus. Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says Syrians returning home "will go directly to their place of origin" during a press conference given in Damascus. IMAGES AND SOUDBITES