Syrians

Army Conducts Search Operations in Syrian Displacement Camps

The Lebanese Army on Tuesday conducted raids across several camps housing displaced Syrians in the Hamoudiyeh area (Akkar), Taybeh (Baalbek), and Saaideh, west of Baalbek. Supported by regional intelligence services, army units carried out targeted searches for weapons, smuggled goods, individuals with irregular legal status, and persons who had ...

Return of Displaced Syrians: Lebanon and UNHCR Polish Action Plan

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji met with Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to discuss the issue of war-displaced Syrians in Lebanon and their gradual return to Syria. During his official visit to Lebanon, Grandi – accompanied by a UNHCR delegation – expressed full understanding of the heavy ...

A Fire in a Camp for Displaced Syrians in Akkar

A fire broke out in the middle of the night at a camp for displaced Syrians in the town of Khirbet Daoud in Akkar (northern Lebanon), where approximately 37 tents were engulfed in flames. Damage was limited to the destruction of identity papers belonging to several residents. The cause of the fire is not yet known. n April, villages along the ...

Akkar Under Pressure: Over 24,000 Syrian Refugees in One Month

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8 did not defuse the Syrian displacement crisis in Lebanon. Since March 10, 24,975 Syrians (or 5,188 families) have fled Syria’s coastal areas to seek refuge in northern Lebanon. These displaced people are spread across about thirty border towns and villages, particularly in Akkar, along the ...

Is It Possible to Return Syrian Bank Deposits?

During a visit to Syria in early January, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was met with a striking demand from the country’s new ruler, Ahmad al-Sharaa: the restitution of Syrian deposits held in Lebanese banks. While the request might appear justified on the surface, it lacks clarity and a solid legal foundation, according to a legal ...

Mikati Underlines Urgency of Resolving Syrian Presence in Lebanon in Damascus Talks

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed the urgent need to deal rapidly with the issue of displaced Syrians, who are massively present in Lebanon, and called for the demarcation of borders between Lebanon and Syria. Mikati's remarks came after a meeting with Syria's new leader, Ahmad al-Shareh, in Damascus, where he headed an official ...

ISF Arrests Sixty-Seven Illegal Syrians in Jbeil

The Internal Security Forces (ISF) on Friday said that they had intercepted a truck carrying 67 Syrians who had entered Lebanon illegally at midnight on Thursday. A team from the Jbeil ISF station stopped and searched a truck that was thought to be suspicious after working with the Barbara municipality, according to an ISF press ...