Syrian refugees in Lebanon

LBN: Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by f

Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

11:39am July 25, 2024

Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain.

Darine Al-Ahmar (left), who directs a primary care health center in Douris, Lebanon, and Josette Hajjar, with the Lebanese branch of the Mérieux Foundation, have seen the number of cholera cases rise around their region.

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Amid vaccine shortages, Lebanon faces its first cholera outbreak in three decades

10:20am November 09, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Several crises in the country — including political instability, COVID and financial collapse — have created deteriorating conditions that have allowed the bacteria to spread.

A Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, in January 2019. Now, people fleeing war and calamity have an added worry with the coronavirus pandemic.

Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Fear Deportation For Seeking Coronavirus Test Or Care

5:06pm April 06, 2020

by Alice Fordham

Although people fleeing war or humanitarian crises know about the dangers of COVID-19, many are also worried about being persecuted if the disease spreads in their communities.

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A Syrian refugee shovels mud in front of a makeshift shelter in an unofficial camp for Syrian refugees in Iaat in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Tuesday.

Heavy Winter Storm Wrecks Syrian Refugee Camps In Lebanon

3:44pm January 09, 2019

Thousands of Syrians seeking refuge in neighboring Lebanon are scrambling for shelter and an 8-year-old girl was reported dead.