Lebanese state media say that a roadside bomb near the country’s eastern Syrian border has wounded two Lebanese soldiers, while authorities arrested tens of Syrian after the incident. The National News Agency says the explosion [ More … ]
Protesters took the streets of Beirut to march against racism toward Syrian refugees, which they say has been growing in recent weeks. At least 200 people gathered on Monday in an anti-discrimination protest in the [ More … ]
Seventy Syrian refugees were detained by the Lebanese army on Saturday in al-Ozaai complex near the northern entrance to Sidon under the pretext of “violating the terms of legal residence.” Several refugee camps harboring Syrians have been [ More … ]
As the Syrian crisis moves towards its sixth year, more than 12 million civilians have lost their homes. 8 millions of them are displaced outside Syria and most of them live in miserable conditions in [ More … ]
About 500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon were arrested by the Lebanese Army. They were arrested on Wednesday under many charges following the bombs which took place in the border city al-Qaa two days before, Sham [ More … ]
Both the Lebanese army and Hezbollah militia bombarded on Friday the Syrian refugee camps in the border town of Arsal with tens of missiles, resulting in a number of killed and wounded among the refugees. [ More … ]
Mentioning the Syrian refugees, Lebanon foreign and expatriates minister, Gebran Bassil said on Friday “the heavy displacement to Lebanon forms an existential threat to it,” and the links between immigration and terrorism in Europe. He [ More … ]
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