Syrian refugees hardest hit in ‘worst storm’ to hit Lebanon in years
6 years ago

Syrian refugees hardest hit in ‘worst storm’ to hit Lebanon in years

CNN  

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon CNN — Mohamed Kassaf, 32, was in his tent with his four children when a storm hit. The water rose to nearly half a meter at many of the Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley this week. “There is a terrible infrastructure where the camps are and because these aren’t permanent structures, we face the same issues every year,” says SAWA for Development and Aid director Rouba Mhaissen, who has been leading a fundraising effort to help affected refugees. “Even though the war has diminished in intensity, still the refugees can’t go back because they have other concerns.” Plains, now submerged in water, separate two Syrian refugee camps in the Bar Elias area. “They don’t know that we are displaced people, refugees living under tarpaulin.” “In the summer, the sun burns us, and in the winter, as you have seen, the water floods.

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Uncertainty for Syrian refugees as Assad regime's fall brings optimism about heading home
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Uncertainty for Syrian refugees as Assad regime's fall brings optimism about heading home

ABC  

The fall of the brutal Assad regime in Syria is fuelling optimism among the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across the Middle East and around the world about returning home. Syrian refugee Sahar Mohamad Kamal lives in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon and is waiting to see if it is safe to return home to Syria after the …

Will 14 mn Syrian refugees return home now that Assad regime has fallen?
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Will 14 mn Syrian refugees return home now that Assad regime has fallen?

Firstpost  

With the collapse of Assad dynasty in Syria, it remains to be seen whether the country would see stability making way for the return of millions of refugees sheltering abroad or whether the country would fall into further chaos and trigger another wave of outward migration Syrians arrive to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near …

Europe asks: Is it time for Syria’s refugees to go home?
1 month ago

Europe asks: Is it time for Syria’s refugees to go home?

Live Mint  

Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. “No country has received as many Syrians in the European Union as Germany… So far this year, the vast majority of those who got protection were Syrians," said Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative, a Berlin-based think tank, …

Where do six million Syrian refugees live today?
1 month ago

Where do six million Syrian refugees live today?

Al Jazeera  

In 2024, about half of Syria’s registered refugees live in Turkiye, followed by Lebanon, Germany, Jordan and Iraq. As of 2024, the United Nations reports, at least 7.4 million Syrians remain internally displaced, with approximately 4.9 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. The neighbouring countries with the most registered Syrian refugees include Turkiye, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. About half of …

Syria's endless struggle: Can refugees ever go home?
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1 month ago

Syria's endless struggle: Can refugees ever go home?

India Today  

The civil war has left Syria devastated. By 2025, the UN predicts that 7.2 million people will be forced to flee their homes but remain inside Syria. Another 6.2 million Syrians are expected to live as refugees in nearby countries like Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and T¼rkiye. DISPLACEMENT HOTSPOTS From Aleppo’s shattered streets to Deir Ezzor’s arid plains, the human …

“Death is chasing us” Syrian refugees fled airstrikes in Lebanon straight into the jaws of new war
1 month ago

“Death is chasing us” Syrian refugees fled airstrikes in Lebanon straight into the jaws of new war

The Independent  

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UN humanitarians assist displaced people in Lebanon to return home
1 month, 1 week ago

UN humanitarians assist displaced people in Lebanon to return home

China Daily  

Displaced people on their way home are pictured in southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov 27, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Monday that with the ceasefire in Lebanon, their colleagues and partners are aiding displaced people returning home and those remain displaced. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said challenges to those returning …

While Syrian refugees don’t want to return, officials in Lebanon and Syria see exodus as opportunity
2 months ago

While Syrian refugees don’t want to return, officials in Lebanon and Syria see exodus as opportunity

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their country since Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment on wide swathes of Lebanon in September. Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar told Russia’s Sputnik News last month that the war in Lebanon could yield “a positive benefit, an opportunity to return a large number of displaced …

Lebanon faces humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ as Britons urged to leave
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon faces humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ as Britons urged to leave

The Independent  

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Some Syrian refugees risk returning to opposition-held areas as hostility in host Lebanon grows
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Some Syrian refugees risk returning to opposition-held areas as hostility in host Lebanon grows

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — For more than a decade, a steady flow of Syrians have crossed the border from their war-torn country into Lebanon. The Lebanese government has also organized “voluntary return” trips for those willing to return to government-held areas, but few have signed up, fearing retaliation from Syria’s government and security forces. As precarious as the situation is in …

Poverty in Lebanon more than tripled in past decade: World Bank
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Poverty in Lebanon more than tripled in past decade: World Bank

Al Jazeera  

Poverty in Lebanon has more than tripled over the past 10 years, with the overall proportion of the country’s population living below the poverty line soaring to 44 percent, according to the World Bank. The bank’s report, released on Thursday, was conducted in five of the country’s eight governorates, showing that poverty rose from 12 percent in 2012 to 44 …

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees

Al Jazeera  

Analysts and rights groups question whether large EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in. “The fact that the EU would provide funds to encourage that behaviour is shameful.” ‘Asking people to starve’ Another enduring issue in Lebanon renders the assistance less than helpful. “They’re just asking people to …

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

Associated Press  

ARSAL, Lebanon — More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. A country of about 6 million people, Lebanon hosts nearly 780,000 registered Syrian refugees and hundreds of thousands who are unregistered — the world’s highest …

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

The Independent  

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Hundreds of Syrians head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrians head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

LA Times  

A Syrian refugee carries her child as she prepares to return to Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal on Tuesday. More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. A country of about 6 …

Migration agency chief warns that even more Syrians will leave Lebanon as donors cut back on aid
8 months, 1 week ago

Migration agency chief warns that even more Syrians will leave Lebanon as donors cut back on aid

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The number of Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon is likely to keep rising as donors cut back on aid, the head of the U.N.'s migration agency warned Tuesday, as pressure builds over their arrival on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Amy Pope, director general of the International Organization for Migration, said that around 3,000 Syrians have left Lebanon since …

Cyprus concerned over spike in arrivals of Syrian refugees from Lebanon
9 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus concerned over spike in arrivals of Syrian refugees from Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Arrivals of Syrian asylum seekers have surged, with more than 350 such arrivals recorded in two days. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerning” that the irregular arrival of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees was consistently rising in recent weeks, with more than 350 such arrivals recorded in two days. Cyprus, the EU’s easternmost state, lies …

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

Associated Press  

AL-NAYRAB, Syria — For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. The protests — part of the Arab Spring popular uprisings that spread across much of the Middle East that year — were met …

Why is Lebanon home to so many Palestinian refugees and leaders?
1 year ago

Why is Lebanon home to so many Palestinian refugees and leaders?

Al Jazeera  

An estimated 270,000 Palestinians live in the country. Successive waves of Palestinian refugees to Lebanon have led to a stateless population of up to about 270,000 people, who live in 12 camps across the nation. The refugee camps remain recruitment grounds for Palestinian armed factions: in early December Hamas put out a call for people in the camps to join …

UN plans to cut number of refugees receiving cash aid in Lebanon by a third, citing funding cuts
1 year, 2 months ago

UN plans to cut number of refugees receiving cash aid in Lebanon by a third, citing funding cuts

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Faced with an increasing funding crunch, the United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by nearly a third next year, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. Due to “significant funding reductions,” UNHCR and the World Food Program will give monthly cash aid to 88,000 fewer families in 2024 …

Cyprus braces for refugee arrivals amid Lebanon war fears
1 year, 2 months ago

Cyprus braces for refugee arrivals amid Lebanon war fears

Al Jazeera  

Officials in Cyprus say Beirut’s possible involvement in the Israel-Hamas war has made Lebanon lag in migration management. Cyprus has received 458 Syrian refugees from Lebanon in a week, Cypriot authorities have said, as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread into a wider regional conflict. He said that Lebanon’s possible involvement in Israel’s war in Gaza and the generally worsening …

Lebanese troops rescue 27 migrants from sinking boat off Lebanon's coast
1 year, 3 months ago

Lebanese troops rescue 27 migrants from sinking boat off Lebanon's coast

The Independent  

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Lebanon’s PM says Syrian refugee influx could upset ‘demographic balance’
1 year, 4 months ago

Lebanon’s PM says Syrian refugee influx could upset ‘demographic balance’

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of Syrian refugees have crossed into Lebanon in recent months through porous border points. Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has disparaged the influx of Syrian refugees coming into the country, saying it could upset the nation’s demography. “That threatens our entity’s independence and could create harsh imbalances that could affect Lebanon’s demographic balance,” Mikati said. Thousands of Syrian …

Lebanese premier warns Syrian refugees pose a danger to the small nation’s balance
1 year, 4 months ago

Lebanese premier warns Syrian refugees pose a danger to the small nation’s balance

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Over a thousand Syrian refugees each week fleeing to Lebanon from their country’s worsening economic and financial conditions “could create harsh imbalances” in the small Mediterranean nation, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned Thursday. “That threatens our entity’s independence and could create harsh imbalances that could affect Lebanon’s demographic balance,” Mikati said. Lebanon hosts some 805,000 United Nations-registered …

WORLD AFFAIRS | Syrian Refugees fear being forced back
1 year, 5 months ago

WORLD AFFAIRS | Syrian Refugees fear being forced back

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 20, 2023 14:37 IST - 6 MINS READ As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more than a decade of civil war, Syrian refugee Suzanne Dabdoob felt a deep pressure in her brain and in her ears, she said, a fear she had not felt since arriving to Jordan 10 years …

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again
1 year, 6 months ago

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re eating one meal a day.” Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s …

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again
1 year, 6 months ago

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again

Associated Press  

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. “We’re eating one meal a day.” Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention …

Humanitarian aid alone cannot save Lebanon
1 year, 7 months ago

Humanitarian aid alone cannot save Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

With the world’s attention focused firmly on Ukraine, countless other countries in crisis have been forgotten – left to fend for themselves with not enough support from the international community. What Lebanon needs today, alongside humanitarian aid to meet people’s immediate needs, is political stability. The international community, while continuing to provide humanitarian aid to those struggling to meet their …

UN Palestinian refugee chief warns over lack of donors
1 year, 9 months ago

UN Palestinian refugee chief warns over lack of donors

Associated Press  

AMMAN, Jordan — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Lazzarini said the massive earthquake that devastated the region in early February, as well as an economic meltdown in Lebanon, have added to the plight of many Palestinian refugees. …

Hundreds of Syrian refugees leave Lebanon amid concerns
2 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds of Syrian refugees leave Lebanon amid concerns

Al Jazeera  

Lugging suitcases, power generators, fridges and chickens, more than 700 Syrian refugees who were living in Lebanon gathered from early morning in a desolate northeastern border zone. The refugees were returning to Syria on Wednesday under a voluntary programme coordinated by Lebanon’s General Security, the agency responsible for safeguarding the country’s borders. Lebanon is home to more than 800,000 Syrian …

Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria
2 years, 2 months ago

Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria

Associated Press  

ARSAL, Lebanon — Hundreds of Syrian refugees boarded a convoy of trucks laden with mattresses, blankets, water and fuel tanks — and, in one case, a goat — in the remote Lebanese mountain town of Arsal on Wednesday, heading home to Syria. “The economic situation doesn’t allow us to provide for them.” Lebanon has given shelter to more than 1 …

Lebanon begins ‘voluntary’ repatriation of Syrian refugees
2 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon begins ‘voluntary’ repatriation of Syrian refugees

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups are concerned the scheme may contain elements of coercion and result in reprisals. Lebanese authorities say 751 Syrian refugees began returning to Syria on Wednesday under a voluntary programme coordinated by Lebanon’s General Security, the agency responsible for safeguarding the country’s borders. Lebanese President Michel Aoun had announced earlier this month that Beirut would soon begin sending Syrian …

Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty
2 years, 2 months ago

Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops both times and brought back to shore. We cannot live in Lebanon anymore.” Lebanon’s unprecedented economic meltdown has not only devastated the Lebanese but has also hard-hit Palestinian refugees who have lived …

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon’s plans to deport them
2 years, 5 months ago

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon’s plans to deport them

Associated Press  

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Sitting outside her tent in a camp in eastern Lebanon, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee contemplated the sunset and her worsening options. She managed to survive over the past decade, despite Lebanon’s devastating economic meltdown and souring attitudes toward Syrian refugees. The Lebanese government’s recently announced plan to deport 15,000 refugees per month to Syria appears set …

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon's plans to deport them
2 years, 5 months ago

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon's plans to deport them

The Independent  

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Lebanon hopes to repatriate Syrian refugees within months
2 years, 6 months ago

Lebanon hopes to repatriate Syrian refugees within months

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups, a minister said in an interview Wednesday. “This is a humane, honorable, patriotic and economic plan that is necessary for Lebanon.” The Lebanese government’s plan would entail sending back 15,000 Syrian refugees every month. A …

Lebanon plans Syrian refugee repatriation within months: Minister
2 years, 6 months ago

Lebanon plans Syrian refugee repatriation within months: Minister

Al Jazeera  

Lebanon hosts an estimated 1.5 million Syrians refugees who have fled a brutal, decade-old conflict in their home country. Lebanon plans to begin repatriating tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and human rights groups, a minister has said. “We are serious about implementing this plan and we hope to do so within …

Donors fall well short of UN target for Syria aid
2 years, 8 months ago

Donors fall well short of UN target for Syria aid

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — International donors on Tuesday pledged $6.7 billion to help Syrians and neighboring countries hosting refugees but fell well short of a U.N. target for assistance to millions of people from conflict-torn Syria who rely on aid to survive. Borrell said that 60% of Syria’s population “suffer food insecurity, and barely know where the next meal is going to …

Migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon; 45 saved, at least 1 dead
2 years, 8 months ago

Migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon; 45 saved, at least 1 dead

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized Saturday night off the Lebanese coast, and 45 people were rescued, while a young girl was confirmed dead and the rest were missing, officials said. For many years Lebanon was a country that took in refugees, but since the country’s economic meltdown began in October 2019, hundreds of people have left …

1 million refugees flee Ukraine in week since Russian invasion
2 years, 10 months ago

1 million refugees flee Ukraine in week since Russian invasion

Al Jazeera  

UN official says the speed of exodus from Ukraine could trigger ‘biggest refugee crisis this century’. At least one million people have fled Ukraine in the week since Russia’s invasion, the United Nations said, with one official warning that “at this rate” the exodus could become “the biggest refugee crisis this century”. On Twitter, UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi wrote, …

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis
3 years, 1 month ago

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA head Lazzarini said the agency raised enough donations to cover only 48 percent of its budget in 2022 and 2023. The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said it was unable to pay its 28,000 employees on time this month because of a major funding crisis, warning of potential cuts in vital services to millions …

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW
3 years, 2 months ago

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Rights group calls for a halt of all returns of Syrians and urges countries hosting refugees to take this position. Beirut, Lebanon – Continuing Syrian government human rights abuses mean refugees should not be returned, Human Rights Watch says, urging host nations to immediately halt all refugee returns. The multiple agencies that prey on Syrians are still running.” “The government …

UN says Lebanon's economic crisis blights Syrian refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

UN says Lebanon's economic crisis blights Syrian refugees

The Hindu  

More than 1 million Syrian refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon are experiencing deteriorating conditions that have left nine out of ten of them in extreme poverty, U.N. agencies warned on Wednesday. The yearly report on conditions of Syrians living in Lebanon is produced by the United Nations' refugee agency, its World Food Programme, as well as its children's agency. The report …

UN says Lebanon’s economic crisis blights Syrian refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

UN says Lebanon’s economic crisis blights Syrian refugees

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — More than 1 million Syrian refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon are experiencing deteriorating conditions that have left nine out of ten of them in extreme poverty, U.N. agencies warned Wednesday. The yearly report on conditions of Syrians living in Lebanon is produced by the United Nations’ refugee agency, its World Food Program, as well as its children’s agency. The …

A year on, Beirut blast victims still struggling to return home
3 years, 5 months ago

A year on, Beirut blast victims still struggling to return home

Al Jazeera  

Amid economic crisis and political dysfunction, many of Beirut’s homes near the port remain in ruins and their tenants in limbo. “The blast left many families broken, physically, financially and mentally,” President of humanitarian organisation Project HOPE Rabih Torbay told Al Jazeera. “The country now has an average minimum wage of 675,000 Lebanese pounds, which is about $30 per month.” …

Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
3 years, 9 months ago

Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits’ end. Then the coronavirus struck, aggravating conditions in northwest Syria just as new fighting had uprooted 1 million people — the biggest wave of displacement in the country’s 10-year war. Despite the worsening humanitarian situation across war-ravaged Syria, it’s been getting tougher every year to raise money from global …

Syrian refugees’ plight in Lebanon 10 years after the uprising
3 years, 9 months ago

Syrian refugees’ plight in Lebanon 10 years after the uprising

Al Jazeera  

Lebanon hosts the largest per capita population of Syrian refugees in the world, providing shelter to 1.7 million. “Before the economic crisis, I could buy it once a week.” Rehman is one of the hundreds of Syrian workers rebuilding Beirut after 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded at Beirut’s port and fatally damaged many neighbourhoods in the vicinity. But as …

Aid group: Syrians could be displaced for years to come
3 years, 10 months ago

Aid group: Syrians could be displaced for years to come

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of Syrians face continued displacement each coming year that the conflict continues and economic conditions deteriorate, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Monday. The Syrian conflict, which marks 10 years later this month, has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II, with an estimated 2.4 million people displaced in and outside Syria every …

Syrian Refugee Camp in Lebanon Set Ablaze After Fight With Locals, Families Flee Area
4 years ago

Syrian Refugee Camp in Lebanon Set Ablaze After Fight With Locals, Families Flee Area

News 18  

A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local Lebanese family, state media reported. The National News Agency reported that the fire followed an “altercation” between a member of a Lebanese family and “Syrian workers”. A security source told AFP shots were heard, saying the …

Assad blames West for hindering return of refugees to Syria
4 years, 1 month ago

Assad blames West for hindering return of refugees to Syria

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government is working to secure the return of millions of refugees who fled war in their country, but Western sanctions are hindering the work of state institutions, complicating those plans, President Bashar Assad said Wednesday. Lebanon’s outgoing Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbi addressed the gathering by videoconference and used the opportunity to call on the international …

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