Syrians at the Masnaa border crossing, Dec. 8, 2024, Lebanon, on the border with Syria. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
At the Lebanese border crossing of Masnaa in the Bekaa, cars coming from Syria to Lebanon outnumber those heading in the opposite direction.Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Dec. 8, dozens of vehicles have been lining up at the arrivals checkpoint of this crossing, which is the only official crossing currently operational, Lebanese General Security (GS) told L'Orient Today. Read more What does the future hold for Lebanese-Syrian relations after Assad’s fall? At the busiest times of the day, the line can stretch for several hundred meters, and the wait can last several hours.On Dec. 10, two days after the fall of the regime, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi revealed that 8,400 Syrians had entered Lebanon legally. Millions of Syrians had already sought refuge in the country since the start of the war in...
At the Lebanese border crossing of Masnaa in the Bekaa, cars coming from Syria to Lebanon outnumber those heading in the opposite direction.Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Dec. 8, dozens of vehicles have been lining up at the arrivals checkpoint of this crossing, which is the only official crossing currently operational, Lebanese General Security (GS) told L'Orient Today. Read more What does the future hold for Lebanese-Syrian relations after Assad’s fall? At the busiest times of the day, the line can stretch for several hundred meters, and the wait can last several hours.On Dec. 10, two days after the fall of the regime, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi revealed that 8,400 Syrians had entered Lebanon legally. Millions of Syrians had already sought refuge in the country since the start of the war in...