Khoury: Syrian refugees in Lebanon should return home

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Secretary General of the Lebanese-Syrian Higher Council Nasri Khoury said that it is time for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to be returned to their country, al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday.

He was reportedly relaying a message from the Syrian leadership.

Khoury who is known for his bias towards the Syrian regime explained that calm has been restored to Syria after international monitors entered the country and the United Nations and Arab League ceasefire plan has been implemented.

Several ministers, who are allied to Damascus, had also demanded that they be returned to Syria out of fears that they may be harboring terrorists, the daily added

Meanwhile, the March 14 General Secretariat announced on Wednesday that it will head a delegation to visit the Bekaa town of Arsal to inspect the situation of the Syrian refugees.

The Lebanese-Syrian Higher Council should have been abolished long time ago and specially since Lebanon and Syria have established diplomatic relations, but Khoury who is a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party ( SSNP) ( which is closely allied with Hezbollah and Syria) continues to defend the continued existence of the council.

The exact number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is not known but estimates range anywhere between 24, 000 to 50,000. Many of the refugees have relatives in Lebanon and for this reason they do not register with the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

According to UN estimates, more than 9,000 people have been killed in violence across Syria since anti-regime protests broke out in March 2011, while monitors put the number at more than 11,100, mostly civilians. All these estimates are history… the exact number is much much higher, according to Syrian witnesses coming from Homs and Idlib .

Today two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital Damascus , killing or wounding dozens of people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a center of government power.

Lebanon government is currently dominated by the Iranian and Syrian backed Hezbollah militant group which has reportedly been helping the Syrian regime in its deadly crackdown against the pro democracy protesters.

Syria’s protests started peacefully in March of last year, but a government crackdown spawned violence that has left thousands dead and prompted some military defectors to take up arms against the regime forces. The government has consistently blamed the violence on “armed terrorists.”

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17 responses to “Khoury: Syrian refugees in Lebanon should return home”

  1. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    yalla, bass ta hot chi be ejre…
    (just a minute, let me put my walking shoes on)

  2. Rafic Avatar

    Who does not want to return to the comfort of their home, there is a reason why they are staying in Lebanon either they feel unsafe or are threatened by some thin. What a dumb statement by Mr. Khoury

  3. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    yalla, bass ta hot chi be ejre…
    (just a minute, let me put my walking shoes on)

  4. Rafic Avatar

    Who does not want to return to the comfort of their home, there is a reason why they are staying in Lebanon either they feel unsafe or are threatened by some thin. What a dumb statement by Mr. Khoury

  5. Theballisround Avatar
    Theballisround

    Clever boy! Yes of course, and also he could have mentionned that the Palestinian refugees should go back to their home in Israel. In fact all refugees should back where they came from before they became refugees so that they are not refugees anymore! This guy deserves a Nobel price, he should have Ban Ki moon’s job.

  6. Theballisround Avatar
    Theballisround

    Clever boy! Yes of course, and also he could have mentionned that the Palestinian refugees should go back to their home in Israel. In fact all refugees should back where they came from before they became refugees so that they are not refugees anymore! This guy deserves a Nobel price, he should have Ban Ki moon’s job.

  7. billnajd Avatar
    billnajd

    is this guy for real, things are calm in Syria and the seize fire is holding, so whaere did that explosion happen today???? what an idiot, why is he on the news???

  8. billnajd Avatar
    billnajd

    is this guy for real, things are calm in Syria and the seize fire is holding, so whaere did that explosion happen today???? what an idiot, why is he on the news???

  9. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    We will be happy to send you to Syria first.

  10. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    We will be happy to send you to Syria first.

  11. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    This man? is a flunkie for the ‘chinless-twins’, and should go home to Syria to be with his bro’s.

  12. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    This man? is a flunkie for the ‘chinless-twins’, and should go home to Syria to be with his bro’s.

  13. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Hey March 14 … forget Bekaa … try Tripoli instead !
    Khoury isn’t of the ‘highest council’ but seems pretty high … maybe he can rent busses to take them all back and then rent hotel rooms for them while he rebuilds their houses too. Yah know … somewhere in UN-peaceful Damascus?

  14. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Hey March 14 … forget Bekaa … try Tripoli instead !
    Khoury isn’t of the ‘highest council’ but seems pretty high … maybe he can rent busses to take them all back and then rent hotel rooms for them while he rebuilds their houses too. Yah know … somewhere in UN-peaceful Damascus?

  15. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Hey March 14 … forget Bekaa … try Tripoli instead !

  16. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    There are some that want you to believe that nothing is happening and everything is calm and normal!they do not want to admit or accept that things are not the same and will not be the same !!!!

  17. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    There are some that want you to believe that nothing is happening and everything is calm and normal!they do not want to admit or accept that things are not the same and will not be the same !!!!

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