{"id":88798,"date":"2025-07-19T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=88798"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:28:46","slug":"exiled-syrian-family-returns-home-to-ruins-of-yarmouk-refugee-camp-after-fall-of-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/exiled-syrian-family-returns-home-to-ruins-of-yarmouk-refugee-camp-after-fall-of-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled Syrian family returns home to ruins of Yarmouk refugee camp after fall of Assad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k36DMFXvWyqYy9DsS6k\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p><\/p>\n<p>South of the Syrian capital Damascus, Yarmouk refugee camp was the scene of violent clashes between Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime and rebel militias, and later the Islamic State group, during the almost 14-year-long Syrian war. 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