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The crisis in Syria has entered its fourth year. Children have been on the front-line from the outset. They have experienced or witnessed horrific acts of indiscriminate

This paper highlights the specificity of the refugee crisis in the unstable Lebanese landscape and calls for the reconfiguring of current relief mechanisms by enabling decentrali

The entry of Syrian refugees into Lebanon and Jordan has resulted in unprecedented social and economic challenges to both countries.

Over three years after it began, the Syria crisis continues to weigh extremely heavily upon Lebanon. Around a quarter of its population is now made up of refugees, whose needs remain dire even as the resources available to address them appear to be shrinking.

As the Syrian Crisis enters its fourth year, numerous water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs remain to be filled among Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, who now number more than 1.1 million.

Amel Association International is publishing its second activity report on the activities undertaken by the Syrian Refugee Emergency Response programme from April 2013 to October 2013.

Working Paper | August 2013
Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa: Between an Arab Winter and the Arab Spring by Shaden Khallaf
The Middle East and North Africa region has been rife with volatility and turmoil for decades due to inter-State conflict, military occupation, intra-State power struggles, international sanctions, strained economic systems, social transformations, high population growth, varying illiteracy rates, high unemployment and underemployment, poverty, gender inequalities, extremism, and an overarching lack of transparency in dealing with these daunting challenges...

This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) is an update of the April RAS. The RAS seeks to bring together information from all sources in the region and provide a coherent analysis of the overall situation in the region as well as in each of the affected countries. While Part I focuses on the situation within Syria, Part II covers the impact of the crisis on the neighbouring countries. The Syria Needs Analysis Project welcomes all information that could complement this report.  

Policy Brief | June 2013
Lebanese Contradictory Responses to  Syrian Refugees Include Stress, Hospitality, Resentment by Mona Christophersen and Cathrine Thorleifsson
​This policy brief examines both impact of and responses to Syrian forced displacement in Lebanon and is based on fieldwork in the Sunni-village of Bebnine and a national opinion poll with a representative sample of 900.1 The mass influx of refugees is causing increased competition for scarce jobs in the informal sector. The Syrian refugees can combine aid assistance with below-average wages. As an unintended consequence...

موجز سياسات | حزيران 2013
ردود الفعل اللبنانية المتناقضة حيال قضية اللاجئين  السوريين في لبنان تشمل الإجهاد، والضيافة، والاستياء من إعداد منى كريستوفرسن وكاثرين ثورليفسون
ينظر موجز السياسات هذا في تأثير النزوح القسري للسوريني إلى لبنان وردود الفعل عليه، ويستند إلى عمل ميداني في 1 .يؤدّي تدفّق الالجئني بأعداد قرية ببنني السنية، وإلى استطالع آراء على صعيد البالد شمل عيّنة متثيلية من ٩٠٠ شخص كبيرة إلى تزايد املنافسة على فرص العمل النادرة في القطاع غير النظامي. يستفيد الالجئون السوريون من املساعدات واألجور املتدنّية مجتمعني، ما يتسبّ ب، عن غير قصد، بخسارة اللبنانيني األكثر فقراً على وجه التحديد...

Working Paper | May 2013
Emerging Powers and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Case of Brazil and Venezuela by Guy Burton
What are the prospects of new rising powers to play a role in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? At present the possibility of direct talks leading to a final settlement of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians looks far from promising. Negotiations between the two sides have been at a standstill since September 2010, when the two sides briefly met under US sponsorship. Expectations had been high that the US would once again take a leading...

In March 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registered 48,000 Syrian refugees, bringing the number of refugees registered and awaiting registration with the Office to just under 400,000. However, the Lebanese Government estimates that approximately one million Syrians are seeking refuge in the country. The humanitarian situation is deepening as the number of Syrian refugees in the region could double or triple by the end of the year if no solution is found. In response, Amel is stepping up the assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon by providing primary healthcare...

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The continuing unrest in Syria is resulting in a growing influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has registered over 57,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon (September 7, 2012) while many refugees are awaiting registration.

UN-Related Publication | January 2013
Benghazi so Far: A View from Inside the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) by Georges Nasr
I joined the UN Support Mission in Libya, known by its acronym UNSMIL, in early 2012 as Head of Office in Benghazi. Established by Security Council resolution 2009, the Mission’s mandate is to support Libya’s democratic transition by facilitating political dialogue and delivering targeted technical support in the areas of electoral assistance, constitution drafting, human rights, transitional justice and public security. UNSMIL also has a mandate to...

Constructing market-based livelihood opportunities for refugees and host community families.

A menu of options for supporting livelihoods of refugee and host community families.

Since March 2012, several towns and villages in the North, the Bekaa and the South started receiving Lebanese families who fled Syria, against the backdrop of sectarian conflicts. Most of those families left their hometown decades ago and got Syrian citizenship.

This report is the result of 4 months of field data collection from April to August 2013 carried out in the Informal Tented Settlements (ITS) of the two districts of Zgharta and Minieh-Dennieh by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL’s (SI) outreach workers.

The number of Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon has more than quadrupled over the past six months. On January 1, 2013 Lebanon was hosting some 130,000 refugees; today that figure stands at more than 600,000.