A group of Syrian children with their parents return home in the cabin of a truck, after more than eight years taking shelter in the Rukban camp for displaced people in al-Tanf, Syria, at the edge of the Jordanian border, Dec. 14.

A group of Syrian refugee children with their parents return home in the cabin of a truck, after more than 8 years as refugees in Rukban refugee camp, Dec. 14, 2024.

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As we look back at our international reporters’ most memorable stories of the last year, we revisit a report from a remote corner of southeastern Syria near the border with Jordan.  There some 7,000 people were trapped in a refugee camp for years. They had fled Syrian regime forces and ISIS attacks and had nowhere else they could go. Our reporter was the first person to visit the camp, after the Syrian regime fell.  We get an update on where those residents are now.

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