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The Eighth Brigade of the Russian-backed Fifth Corps, which has complete control over the city of Bosra Al-Sham in the eastern half of Daraa governorate, is preventing displaced Shia residents from returning, despite attempts at reconciliation between the two sides.
Bosra Al-Sham’s Shia residents came from Lebanon in the 1930s, settling down in the city and becoming part of its social fabric. They made up about 10 percent of the city’s population, according to local estimates, at around 5,500 people. They own around 1,230 residential properties, as well as dozens of shops, most of them located in the old quarter and the eastern neighbourhood.