News Center- Since October 8,2023, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,516 people, injured 14,929 others and displaced 1.4 million people.

Around 540,000 people have left Lebanon for Syria since September 24, 2024, according to the report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday.

63% of arrivals are Syrians and 37% are Lebanese nationals, the report said. “The security situation across Syria has remained tense in recent days, posing risks to individuals as well as to UNHCR and partner staff and facilities. This has also impacted the movement of people entering Syria from Lebanon.”

“I’ve just arrived in Syria where over 540,000 people fleeing Israeli air strikes in Lebanon have crossed in the last 7 weeks,” Dominique Isabelle Hyde, Director of External Relations at UNHCR, wrote on social media platform X.  “Our joint UN teams have been responding from the onset. I’ll be meeting with Syrian returnees and Lebanese refugees to better understand their needs.”