UN highlights plight of refugees fleeing Lebanon for war-torn Syria
The UN refugee agency on Friday highlighted the plight of refugees fleeing Lebanon amid the conflict between Israel and the Iranian-back Hezbollah militia. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in Geneva that 430,000 people have fled to Syria alone since Israeli forces stepped up their offensive. However, border crossings have also been attacked, causing dangers for both refugees and UN staff. In the latest incident on Friday, a war monitor reported three people killed in an Israeli strike at a crossing between Syria and Lebanon. "The suffering of those people crossing does not end at the border," said UNHCR spokeswoman Rula Amin, with a humanitarian catastrophe facing them in Syria. The country's infrastructure has been severely damaged since civil war broke out against President Bashar al-Assad's regime following Arab Spring protests in 2011. More than 90% of the Syrian population itself requires humanitarian aid, Amin said. "These people are going to areas, towns and villages that have been really battered over the past 13 years," she added.
Mass displacement in Lebanon war revives spectre of sectarian strife
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Marjayoun, a majority Christian town in southern Lebanon, opened its schools and a church last month to house scores of people fleeing Israel's bombardment of Muslim villages, extending a hand across the country's sectarian divide.
Bouncing between war-torn countries: Displacement in Lebanon and Syria highlights cyclical nature of cross-border refuge
More than 1 million people in Lebanon have fled their homes since a major Israel military operation began in September. For many, it isn’t the first time they have been uprooted.
Lebanon says more than 550 killed in Israel's assault on Hezbollah
Beirut, Lebanon — Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon Tuesday, a day after Lebanese officials say 558 people, including 50 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. Israel's latest strikes on southern Lebanon came after it said it had killed a "large number" of militants as it struck about 1,500 suspected Hezbollah targets around the country.Hezbollah said Tuesday it had launched volleys of missiles at Israeli military bases, hours after 180 of its projectiles and an unmanned aerial vehicle crossed into Israeli airspace, sending people in the city...
Israel presses Gaza and Lebanon assaults as Egypt touts truce plan
Israeli forces launched deadly strikes on Lebanon and Gaza on Monday, pressing their offensive against militants after Egypt's president proposed a two-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war. In a bid to stop the war, Egypt's Sisi proposed a two-day pause in Gaza and a limited hostage and prisoner exchange, aimed at eventually securing an elusive "complete ceasefire" between Hamas and Israel.