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Lebanon To Provide Cash Payments For Displaced Families

Efforts to assist displaced families in Lebanon due to conflict with financial support from various countries and organizations.

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Facing pushback from Lebanese officials, UN walks back plan to give aid to Syrian refugees in USD

The United Nations has announced that it will suspend a plan to begin making aid payments to Syrian refugees in crisis-wracked Lebanon in dollars, after pushback from Lebanese officials

The Independent UK

UN delays dual-currency cash help to refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon

The United Nations has delayed a decision to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash help partly in U.S. dollars after objections from senior Lebanese officials that this could exacerbate tensions with hard-pressed locals.

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World Bank approves $300 million financing to help poor people in Lebanon

The World Bank has approved a $300 million additional financing to Lebanon's poor, giving cash to families struggling in the country’s historic economic meltdown

The Independent UK

Syrian Refugees Fearful as Lebanon Steps up Deportations

Lebanese officials are cracking down on Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate, an escalation that has caused a panic among Syrians in the country. In recent weeks, the army has raided refugee camps and set up checkpoints to review the documentation of non-Lebanese…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian refugees fearful as Lebanon steps up deportations

Lebanese officials have launched a crackdown on the country’s Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate

The Independent UK

Bou Saab to Asharq Al-Awsat: Bassil's Reaction to Mikati's Decision on DST was Unconsidered

The Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, expressed his “dissatisfaction with the repercussions” that resulted from caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s "ill-conceived" decision to postpone the Daylight Savings Time (DST). “Prime Minister Mikati bears the main responsibility for the decision.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria

Hundreds of Syrian refugees have boarded a convoy of trucks in the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal to return to their war-torn country

The Independent UK

Lebanon: Dispute over Powers to Handle Refugees' Return Erupts between Ministers

Dispute over the jurisdictions to handle Lebanon’s problematic file of the return of Syrian refugees erupted on Thursday between caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar and caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine. During a meeting chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati to handle the return of Syrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Government to Start Disbursing Social Aid Next Week

The Ministry of Social Affairs will begin disbursing social assistance to 150,000 eligible families, amid rising unemployment levels and procrastination by the Lebanese authorities in addressing economic and social crises. Following a meeting with President Michel Aoun on Wednesday, Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar said that the distribution of…

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