Lebanese authorities were on Friday scrambling to brace more
Syrian refugees in case of an influx to Lebanon of tens of thousands escaping
the violence in their country.
An Nahar daily quoted informed sources as saying that more than
20,000 have crossed the Masnaa border in eastern Lebanon alone since Wednesday.
Most of them came from Damascus which witnessed a dramatic
situation following the bombing that killed three of Syrian President Bashar
Assad's top aides.
The Syrian army resorted to tank fire in the capital for the first
time in its efforts to root out rebel fighters a day after the blast.
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour told An Nahar that some
refugees came on foot from illegal crossings on the mountains that separate
eastern Lebanon from Syria.
Abou Faour said he asked Premier Najib Miqati to give instructions
to Education Minister Hassan Diab to shelter the refugees at public schools.
An Nahar also quoted a military source as saying that the army
command has given instructions since the first refugees began arriving in
Lebanon to provide them with humanitarian aid.
Previously, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said
there were 26,900 Syrians refugees registered in Lebanon, although activists
have put the total number much higher.
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