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...

A number of Lebanese lawyers have condemned the forced deportations of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, stressing that calls for handing over Syrian refugees and prisoners to the Assad regime is a crime against humanity. Lawyer Muhammad Sablouh told Zaman al-Wasl that the Lebanese government...

Palestinian refugee Basel Mustafa Al-Khatib, 35, from Sbeineh camp in Damascus countryside, confirmed the news of his forcible deportation by the Lebanese authorities to the Syrian territories. The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria quoted Al-Khatib as saying that he had not entered the...

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday that Tehran wants Lebanon's rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state since October. Hossein Amirabdollahian made his comments during his first visit to Lebanon...