"Some 23,000 displaced Iraqis have returned home from neighboring Syria in the past six months but five times the number still remain there. Member of the interior and security committee in the Iraqi Parliament Hasan Jihad told AKnews today that last year there were 143,000 Iraqis living in Syria. Out of this number, 23,000 have returned to Iraq over the past six months but 120,00 still remain there." (Quoted from article)