Hariri instructs Lebanese authorities to assist Syrian refugees

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Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri instructed on Saturday various Lebanese authorities to “coordinate efforts relating to the assistance of refugees from Syria.”

According to a statement from his office, Hariri instructed the Higher Relief Council to coordinate with the International Red Cross and other organizations to assist refugees from Syria, particularly the wounded reported to have arrived in the northern Akkar region.

Refugees have fled across the Lebanese-Syrian in recent weeks as the regime has launched a crackdown against the protests that have rocked the country since mid-March.

Three people were killed on Saturday after Syrian troops and gunmen entered the town of Tel Kelakh , a rights campaigner said, and hundreds fled what they said was fierce fighting into neighboring Lebanon.

One of the three who died had been evacuated to Lebanon from the border town of Tel Kelakh, where fleeing residents reported seeing soldiers and black-clad gunmen loyal to Assad, and said they heard the sound of machine gun fire.

“There was a peaceful demonstration in Tel Kelakh yesterday but today there are clashes,” said one woman who fled the restive town for Lebanon, declining to give her name.

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5 responses to “Hariri instructs Lebanese authorities to assist Syrian refugees”

  1. ghzayel Avatar
    ghzayel

    nice gesture mr. hariri, the syrian people assisted and took in a lot of lebanese fleeing to syria during the war. as a symbolic gesture, it is about time lebanon offered some basic medical and humanitarian assistance to our syrian neighbors fleeing the syrian regime’s oppression.
     
    by the way, are you going to come back and fix mikati’s and the new majority’s mess???

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      it is safe to say that hariri unfortunately does not have the exerience, nor the pple around in march 14 have the competence to take up opportunities when they they present themselves on a golden plate.

      so no he won’t be bothered…but again i would not blaim him. 

  2. ghzayel Avatar
    ghzayel

    nice gesture mr. hariri, the syrian people assisted and took in a lot of lebanese fleeing to syria during the war. as a symbolic gesture, it is about time lebanon offered some basic medical and humanitarian assistance to our syrian neighbors fleeing the syrian regime’s oppression.
     
    by the way, are you going to come back and fix mikati’s and the new majority’s mess???

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    Anonymous

    nice gesture mr. hariri, the syrian people assisted and took in a lot of lebanese fleeing to syria during the war. as a symbolic gesture, it is about time lebanon offered some basic medical and humanitarian assistance to our syrian neighbors fleeing the syrian regime’s opression.
     
    by the way, are you going to come back and fix mikati’s and the new majority’s mess??? 

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      it is safe to say that hariri unfortunately does not have the exerience, nor the pple around in march 14 have the competence to take up opportunities when they they present themselves on a golden plate.

      so no he won’t be bothered…but again i would not blaim him. 

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