Syria, Lebanon and Israel
U.N.: 250,000 refugees have fled Lebanon for Syria
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has just returned from a trip to Lebanon and Syria, bringing CNN’s Becky Anderson first-hand accounts from the people forced to flee for their lives in the face of Israeli bombardment.
Israel intensifies strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria
Israel has been launching extensive strikes targeting Hezbollah positions in Lebanon and Syria, including a significant explosion illuminating the Beirut skyline. The Israeli Defense Forces have been conducting precise military operations against Hezbollah-held areas near the southern Lebanon border,
Israeli strike closes off road used to flee Lebanon to Syria, Lebanese transport minister says
An Israeli strike on Friday morning near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria cut off a road used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days, Lebanon Transport Minister Ali Hamieh told Reuters.
UN refugee agency chief visits Syria-Lebanon border
Filippo Grandi (C) visits the Jdeidet Yabous crossing between Syria and Lebanon, on Oct. 7, 2024. Grandi visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon on Monday, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.
Israeli bombing sends people fleeing Lebanon to war-ravaged Syria
Lebanese man Hassan Slim had avoided Syria for years as war raged in the neighbouring country, but has now found himself fleeing there as Israeli strikes pounded Lebanon's south.Slim, 24, was waiting on Wednesday with his elderly mother for their papers to be processed on the Syrian side of a border crossing,
Syrian refugees flee Lebanon, head back to Syria
The U.N. says a quarter million people have fled Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past two weeks for the relative safety of Syria. Most of them are Syrians who escaped their country’s civil war. VOA's Heather Murdock has more from Istanbul with Yan Boechat and Diego Baravelli in Hasakah,
Syrian condemns Israeli attack on Syria-Lebanon border crossing
Displaced people from Lebanon cross a destroyed road caused by an Israeli airstrike near the Masnaa Border Crossing, Lebanon, Oct. 4, 2024. The Syrian Foreign Ministry denounced an Israeli airstrike on the Syria-Lebanon border on Friday,
UN not prepared for Lebanese refugees fleeing to Syria
The UN has expressed concern over the influx of refugees into Syria following the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon. A World Food Programme official told DW that the organization was not prepared for the current number of people fleeing Israeli airstrikes across the border.
UN: 250,000 flee from Lebanon to Syria amid Israeli attacks
The local authorities, the Syrian Red Crescent, the UN and partners are working continuously to provide a humane and efficient response to the influx.
Lebanon war has displaced seeking safety in an unlikely place — Syria
Syria was a transit route for Lebanese fleeing past wars. But it is a much different path to tread now as the country still ...
Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrikes kill 36 people in Lebanon and seven in Syria, officials say
Lebanese health ministry says 36 people killed in 24 hours; Syrian defence ministry says seven people killed in Damascus ...
Israeli airstrike creates crater blocking highway at key crossing between Lebanon and Syria
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike led to the closure of the road near the busy Masnaa Border ...
Middle East latest: An Israeli airstrike cuts a major highway linking Lebanon with Syria
An Israeli airstrike has cut off a main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the ...
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In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday 8 October to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and ...
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Pakistan airlifts 71 nationals from Lebanon and Syria
A Pakistan International Airlines special flight transported 71 Pakistani nationals stranded in Lebanon from Damascus to ...
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Hezbollah backs cease-fire, Israel widens offensive
Hezbollah launched more than 100 projectiles into Israel on Tuesday morning as the Israel Defense Forces continued its ...
Israel Sends More Soldiers Into Lebanon as Strikes Hit Beirut and Damascus
In an attack of its own, Hezbollah fired 180 “projectiles” into Israel, according to the Israeli military, which said most ...