Close to 6,000 Pinoys already repatriated from Syria –DFA

Twenty-eight more Filipinos were repatriated from Syria on Wednesday, bringing the total number of repatriates to 5,671 since the start of the repatriation program in 2011, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Around 28 Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Wednesday morning after traveling to Lebanon's Masna'a border from Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Lattakia, and Tartous on July 7.

They underwent medical check-up and pre-departure briefing prior to their travel to Manila on board Gulf Air flight GF1540, the DFA said.

Because of the continued unrest in Syria, the Philippine Embassy in Damascus urged Filipinos with relatives there to convince their loved ones to avail of the repatriation program.

Kin of affected OFWs may contact the embassy through 00963-11-6132626; 00963-949155557; 00963-934957926 or pe.damascus@gmail.com.

Alert Level 4 has been in full effect in Syria since 2011 following clashes between the Syrian military, backed by pro-government fighters, and the insurgents in the mountainous area north of the capital.

Violence resulting from the four-year-old civil war has regularly spilled over into Lebanon.
The Syrian military and pro-government fighters have regularly clashed with insurgents in the mountainous area north of the capital, and violence from the four-year-old civil war has regularly spilled over into Lebanon. The rebel groups in the area include al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the Nusra Front.

More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/516034/news/world/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-lay-siege-to-rebel-held-border-city
The Syrian military and pro-government fighters have regularly clashed with insurgents in the mountainous area north of the capital, and violence from the four-year-old civil war has regularly spilled over into Lebanon. The rebel groups in the area include al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the Nusra Front.

More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/516034/news/world/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-lay-siege-to-rebel-held-border-city
The Syrian military and pro-government fighters have regularly clashed with insurgents in the mountainous area north of the capital, and violence from the four-year-old civil war has regularly spilled over into Lebanon. The rebel groups in the area include al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the Nusra Front.

More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/516034/news/world/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-lay-siege-to-rebel-held-border-city
The Syrian military and pro-government fighters have regularly clashed with insurgents in the mountainous area north of the capital, and violence from the four-year-old civil war has regularly spilled over into Lebanon. The rebel groups in the area include al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the Nusra Front.

More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/516034/news/world/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-lay-siege-to-rebel-held-border-city

The DFA first raised the alert level to 4 in 2011 when the ongoing civil war erupted in the troubled country. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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