More than 30,000 people crossed into Syria from Lebanon: UN
Al Jazeera
About half of them were children and adolescents and 80 percent were Syrian nationals, according to UNHCR.
More than 30,000 people, mainly Syrians, have crossed into Syria from Lebanon in the past 72 hours, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
The escalating conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has displaced more than 90,000 people since September 23, the agency said on Friday.
About 80 percent of those crossing over are Syrians and about 20 percent are Lebanese, said Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, the UNHCR representative in Syria.
“They are crossing from a country at war to one that has faced a crisis conflict for 13 years,” an extremely difficult choice, he told a news conference.
Lebanon is home to about 1.5 million Syrians who fled civil war in their country.
