Oposition forms emergency committee to aid Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

 Syria’s key opposition group formed an emergency committee to handle the urgent needs of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, according to Zaman Alwasl source.

National Coalition discison comes in response to the deteriorating situation in Qalamoun and the massive exodus to the brder town, Arsal, from Qara and other villages

The UNHCR said in a report on Friday that a growing number of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan are fast becoming primary providers for families who lack resources for basic survival.

More than two million Syrians have fled their homes because of the country's raging conflict, seeking shelter in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.

 The National Coalition has appointed Bassam Yousef to head the committee, Aliaa Mansour and Salim al-Khatib as members.

The Committee will handle all tasks related to relief and Aid work as well to cooperate with Arab and international relief groups who are involved in Syria’s refugee crisis.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees visited a new refugee camp in Lebanon on Friday and said "massive support" was needed for Lebanon and the Syrian refugees who are fleeing there, according to AP.

Antonio Guterres toured the camp in Arsal village in northeast Lebanon, meeting some of the refugees who are living there.

He said the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon compared to the Lebanese population as a whole was the equivalent of 56 million refugees entering the United States.

At least half of the refugees, 1.1 million, are children.

Of those, some 75 percent are under the age of 12, the UNHCR report said.