Many Lebanese, especially Maronite Christians, have grown increasingly wary about Syrian refugees’ presence in Lebanon. Since 2011, when Syrians began fleeing their country to escape the escalating violence, the government in Damascus has either destroyed the homes of many refugees or given them away to Assad loyalists. Many in Lebanon now fear that the refugees […]
Lebanon Edges Toward Civil War
Lebanese Christians are increasingly antagonistic toward the country’s large Syrian refugee population.




