amy pope, thank you for coming _ stay home. amy pope, thank you for coming on _ stay home.ing on the _ stay home. amy pope, thank you for coming on the programme - stay home. amy pope, thank you | for coming on the programme and for coming on the programme and for talking us through those complex ideas. to moscow, where authorties investigating the killing of russian general igor kirillov say they've arrested a 29—year—old suspect. kirillov and his assistant were blown—up as they left an apartment bloc— just a few kilometres from the kremlin in the early hours of tuesday. a warning, some viewers may find the pictures we're about to show you upsetting. the explosives were attached to a scooter parked on the street. moscow says the arrested man is an uzbek, who confessed to having been promised $100,000 to kill the general, and then travel to a european union country. ukrainian security sources have said they planned the attack, insisting the general was a legitimate target because he was responsible for russia's use of chemical weapons on the battlefield. vitaliy shevchenko

the head of the international 0rganisation migration is amy pope. 0ur concern is if there is a large—scalet of people back into the country at a time when basic infrastructure is missing in parts of the country it will put a lot of pressure on a very fragile system. it also risks increasing the regional instability, and risk further movements and displacement of people and conflict between communities. so we are hoping that the international community and our partners around the world will take seriously the need to provide humanitarian support and be given the green of fruit for the country before there are large movements of people back. a leading kurdish commander is also warning that what's happenening in syria "is paving the way" for the so called islamic state to reemerge. general mazloum abdi heads the us backed syrian democratic forces and played a key role in defeating the group in syria in 2019. there are thought to be thousands of islamic state fighters currently detained in syria. it's hard to be certain of the exact number, but campaign group human rights watch have estimated

the head of that organisation — amy pope — told me what she had found on her trip to damascus earlierek. we picked up that the caretaker government is serious about trying to create a more stable situation in syria, but that the task ahead of them is monumental. they do not have a lot of experience governing such a complex situation. much of the country is still devastated by the war that has gone on for years. and the country itself still faces some fairly significant humanitarian needs that must be met if it is going to recover effectively. if you add on top of that, movement of people, lots of people within the country and coming back potentially into syria, what kind of consequences could that have? 0ur concern is that if there is a large—scale movement of people back into the country at a time when basic infrastructure is missing in parts of the country, frankly, it will put a lot of pressure on a very fragile system. it also risks increasing the regional instability, it risks further movements, further displacements of people. it risks conflict between communities. so we are hop

speaking after a visit to damascus, amy pope said about a 100,000 people had already returned. 0ur middle lina sinjab who's in damascus, gave us the latest on the challenges for refugees getting back to syria. the country has suffered 13 years of war and its economy has collapsed. the assad regime is a corrupt regime, depleted all its resources for his own benefit and the benefit of its own, you know, group of loyalists. and, you know, to have the thousands of or hundreds of thousands of refugees to come back. that's a big challenge because most of their cities, towns, streets and homes have been destroyed by assad's bombing. we visited the outskirts of damascus, right at the edge of the like the outskirts of the city centre, and it's completely flattened. and we were told that 400,000 lived in that neighbourhood. and to for that to be rebuilt, to be inhabited again, it needs a flood of international aid and money to come in for the reconstruction. and that's only one example from many other towns and cities across the country that, you know, their inhabitants had to flee because of the b

speaking after a visit to damascus, amy pope said about 100,000 people had already returned.pondent lina sinjab who's in damascus. you are there, you have been reporting from there since the fall of the assad regime. what is the situation when it comes to refugees there?— to refugees there? well, the country has _ to refugees there? well, the country has suffered - to refugees there? well, the country has suffered 13 - to refugees there? well, the country has suffered 13 years of war and its economy has collapsed. the assad regime was a corrupt regime and he depleted all the resources for his own benefit and the benefit of his own group of loyalists. to have the hundreds of thousands of refugees come back, that is a big challenge. most of the cities, towns and streets and homes have been destroyed by asad's bombing. we visited the outskirts of damascus, and it is completely flattened. we were told that 400,000 lived in that neighbourhood. forthat 400,000 lived in that neighbourhood. for that to be rebuilt and inhabited again it needs a flood of international aid and money to