Alawite minority families from Syria cross the Nahr al-Kabir river, which forms the border between Syria's western coastal province and northern Lebanon, in the Hekr al-Daher region, on March 11, 2025, to enter Lebanon as they flee sectarian violence in their heartland along Syria's Mediterranean coast. (Credit: Fathi al-Masri/AFP)
Nearly 13,000 Syrians have fled to northern Lebanon from the massacres on the Syrian coast in early March, Lebanese authorities said, AFP reported.
According to a report consulted by AFP, the Disaster Management Chamber has recorded the arrival of 12,798 Syrians, in 23 towns in the Akkar district, where they are staying with families or in sheds.
Nearly 13,000 Syrians have fled to northern Lebanon from the massacres on the Syrian coast in early March, Lebanese authorities said, AFP reported.
According to a report consulted by AFP, the Disaster Management Chamber has recorded the arrival of 12,798 Syrians, in 23 towns in the Akkar district, where they are staying with families or in sheds.