Oliver Conway

Who would have thought just a year and a day ago that this would happen?

And I think that even after the fall of the Assad regime, we thought people would return, but not in these numbers.

And they keep going back, and they have gone back throughout the year.

So, you know, this puts us in front of some important questions.

Do they stay back in their homes and not to leave again as they might if things do not improve inside Syria?

You go back, I've been several times this year to Syria.

They go back to almost nothing, to houses that have become shells of what they used to be.

Entire cities destroyed or parts of cities are destroyed.

Services are on their knees.

There are no jobs.

There is no electricity.

There's a lot to be done.

People are patient, are resilient.

They want to go back home, but that has a limit.

I'm worried that unless this reconstruction is accelerated, that country can go backwards again.

It is still, after one year of this new government,

at a crossroad.

It is still at that crossroad.

So let's help it.

Let's help Syrians pick the right way and not the wrong one.