Lebanon

A Syrian refugee family in an informal tented settlement in Jdita town Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, where nearly 35 other families have lived for more than three years, after fleeing the war in Aleppo.
WFP/Sandy Maroun

Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon “skyrocketed” in 2015

23 December 2015
General News

The vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has “skyrocketed” over the last year, according to a new report released by a group of UN agencies.

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A young Syrian girl sits on a broken chair by her tent in Faida 3 camp, an informal tented settlement for Syria refugees in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

Conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon worsen considerably, UN reports

23 December 2015
Some 70 per cent of the over 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon now live below the Lebanese extreme poverty line, a big rise over 2014, and food insecurity is mounting, the United Nations reported today, calling for greater access to the domestic labour market to mitigate the crisis.
UN peacekeepers in armoured vehicles on patrol in the town of Jwayya between Tyr and Tibnin in Lebanon.
UNIFIL

Lebanon: Ban condemns rocket fire towards Israel as ‘serious ceasefire violation,’ urges restraint

21 December 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced great concern today over yesterday’s firing of rockets from South Lebanon towards Israel, calling it “a serious violation” of the ceasefire, noted Israel’s retaliatory mortar attack, and urged maximum restraint.
UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz

Lebanon: UN reports rocket fire from south towards Israel and Israeli mortar retaliation

20 December 2015
Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel today, and Israel retaliated with some eight rounds of 120mm mortar, but no casualties have so far been reported from either side, according to United Nations peacekeepers.
Seeking to step into the gap and provide children with an education, Syrian refugee and former teacher Fatima has transformed her tent into a school. Image from UNHCR's video 'Lebanon – Homeschooling In A Tent'

“Tent” school opened in Lebanon for Syria refugees

28 November 2015
General News

Local public schools in Lebanon can accommodate only half of the 400,000 school-age Syrian refugee children in the country according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

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Members of a Syrian refugee family huddle around a stove inside their shelter in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. File
UNHCR/A. McConnell

Syria refugees in Lebanon caught in debt cycle

26 November 2015
General News

Nearly 90 per cent of the over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are caught in a vicious debt cycle, according to the UN.

The almost five-year-long civil war in Syria has driven millions of people to find refuge in neighbouring countries like Lebanon.

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Bomb devastation in southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik in August 2006.
IRIN/Marie Claire Feghali (file photo)

With Lebanon facing multiple challenges, Security Council reiterates support for country’s institutions

19 November 2015
In the wake of last week’s deadly terrorist bombing in Beirut and the ongoing negative impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon’s stability, the United Nations Security Council today reiterated “in these challenging circumstances” its strong support for Lebanon’s State institutions, including the Armed Forces and security services, in their efforts to safeguard the country.
View of Paris, France, from UNESCO headquarters.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

“Hateful ideology” behind Paris terrorist attacks

17 November 2015
General News

The terrorists who carried out the multiple deadly attacks in Paris last Friday were promoting a “hateful ideology” according to a United Nations independent expert.

The attacks which left 129 people dead were claimed by the ISIL terrorist group, also known in Arabic, as Daesh.

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A wide view of the Security Council in session.
UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz (file)

Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Beirut suburb

13 November 2015
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on 12 November in the Beirut suburb of Burj al-Barajneh that killed at least 43 and injured more than 200 people.
A camp for Palestinian refugees in Burj al-Barajneh in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
<a href=http://bit.ly/1kQFCzO>James Haines-Young/IRIN</a> (file)

Lebanon: UN officials condemn attack in Beirut suburb, call for terrorists to be brought to justice

12 November 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Representative in Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, have strongly condemned the terrorist attack today in the Beirut suburb of Burj al-Barajneh.