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.
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,
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,
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.
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.
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Lebanon: Israeli Strikes Impede Fleeing Civilians, Aid
Israeli airstrikes on the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria on October 4, 2024 are impeding civilians trying to ...
Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrikes kill 36 people in Lebanon and seven in Syria, officials say
As we reported earlier, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four people were killed in the airstrike. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Israel’s invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah
The group’s military response to Israel’s aerial onslaught so far has been underwhelming. As a fighting force Hizbullah has ...
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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 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 ...
US Says Israel Must Avoid Gaza-like Military Action In Lebanon
Israel must avoid taking Gaza-like military action in Lebanon, the US State Department said Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Lebanon with destruction like Gaza has ...