Lebanon: Syrian refugees in distress after their camp is devastated by an arson attack

Issued on: 27/01/2021 - 16:06

Our Observer heads the NGO "Syrian Center for Refugees Assistance", which assists refugees and displaced Syrians in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. © France 24

By: Derek Thomson Follow

Nearly 100 tents were reduced to ashes after an arson attack ravaged a Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon at the end of December.

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Nearly 600 people were left homeless. For our Observer, the wave of violence against Syrian refugees in Lebanon will only worsen with the country's economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.