Hundreds of families returned to their homes and lands in Halfaya city in Hama northern countryside, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.
The refugees hailed sacrifices made by Syrian forces to restore security and stability in their hometown, and facilitate their return after years of displacement.
The United Nations refugee agency announced late last year that as many as 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their homeland in 2019.
Some 5.6 million Syrian refugees remain in neighboring countries, namely Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, Amin Awad, UNHCR director for the Middle East and North Africa, told reporters in Geneva on December 11, 2018.
Moreover, one million Syrian children have been born as refugees ever since the crisis began in their country back in March 2011.