Round 7,000 Syrians have entered Lebanon since Sunday when the Syrian authorities led by Bashar al-Assad collapsed, mentioned al-Akhbar, an area newspaper, on Friday.
“All of those folks meet the requested authorized situations, resembling having residency permits, humanitarian standing, or contemplating Lebanon as a transit nation for journey overseas,” mentioned the newspaper, quoting safety sources.
The nameless sources revealed that aside from the 7,000, an estimated 90,000 displaced individuals entered Lebanon by unlawful crossings.
Al-Akhbar mentioned a few of these Syrians left resulting from safety issues stemming from latest political upheavals in Syria. It famous that whereas a small quantity migrated to Beirut, the bulk settled within the Lebanese Bekaa area, notably within the metropolis of Hermel.
On Friday, a passenger bus carrying Syrians overturned and struck a sidewalk close to an unlawful crossing between Syria and Lebanon within the northern Akkar governorate, injuring roughly 30 folks, with 11 sustaining important accidents.
Syrian militant teams, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, waged a significant offensive from northern Syria beginning on Nov. 27 and captured the capital, Damascus, inside 12 days, resulting in the collapse of al-Assad’s authorities. ■
