Eleven Syrian refugees went back on their decision to return to their homeland from Lebanon on Monday, after they received information that some of their names were registered at the Jdeideit Yabous border crossing, where Syrian authorities will immediately arrest them to join the military service. A group of around 50 refugees, mainly women and children, gathered in a state-run school in Nabatiyeh, where they were received by officers and members of the General Security amid security measures by the army in the vicinity of the school. They were to be transported by Syrian buses into the Syrian territory. However, upon the arrival of the buses, 11 people declined to return. According to the Central News Agency, only 39 refugees leaving Nabatiyeh departed on Sunday. Two families refrained from joining the returnees, according to the agency, which said that some young men had been informed, after registering with Hezbollah offices, that the Syrian authorities would give them a period of six months to join the army. Moreover, they learned on Monday morning that their names were registered by officials at the border, and that Syrian authorities will arrest them immediately upon arrival in their homeland. Meanwhile, the first batch of refugees to leave the coastal city of Tyre, comprised of 110 persons, left Lebanon through the Masnaa border crossing in two buses. From Beirut, 178 people left the Sports City area - the first batch of voluntary returnees from the Lebanese capital - under the direction of Laura Almirall, the head of the UNHCR Mount Lebanon Field Office. Four Syrian buses took them to the Masnaa border crossing and then to Syria, to the province of Aleppo. In Tripoli, the third batch of refugees returned voluntarily on Monday to their homeland. Women and children gathered at the Rashid Karami International Fair to get on board buses that took them to Syria in the morning hours. They were accompanied by general security agents who supervised their registration and organized their safe return trip.