Around 40,000 Syrians return from Turkey after quake

CILVEGOZU, Turkey (Reuters) - Around 40,000 Syrians who had fled areas affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake have returned from Turkey to rebel-held northwestern Syria in the two weeks since Turkey eased restrictions on their movements, a Turkish official and a Syrian rebel official said.

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