Young Syrian Alawite refugees housed in the municipality of Tal Bireh, in Akkar, northern Lebanon, on March 10, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient Today)
BEIRUT — More than 200 families, who left Syria after the fall of the former Assad regime, are now living in a residential complex recently constructed on the outskirts of Hermel, in the Bekaa near the Lebanese-Syrian border. These include Syrian migrants as well as Lebanese people who were living in villages in Syria.According to a source closely following the case and contacted by L'Orient Today, Hezbollah, which was a close ally to the Assad regime, as well as some of the group’s allies, are involved in financing the project. However, this information was not confirmed by Hezbollah's spokesperson, who, in a call with our publication, stated that he had no immediate information about the camp.Meanwhile, the mayor of Hermel, Ali Taha, who is close to Hezbollah, confirmed that the party is among the project’s donors, without...
BEIRUT — More than 200 families, who left Syria after the fall of the former Assad regime, are now living in a residential complex recently constructed on the outskirts of Hermel, in the Bekaa near the Lebanese-Syrian border. These include Syrian migrants as well as Lebanese people who were living in villages in Syria.According to a source closely following the case and contacted by L'Orient Today, Hezbollah, which was a close ally to the Assad regime, as well as some of the group’s allies, are involved in financing the project. However, this information was not confirmed by Hezbollah's spokesperson, who, in a call with our publication, stated that he had no immediate information about the camp.Meanwhile, the mayor of Hermel, Ali Taha, who is close to Hezbollah, confirmed that the party is among the project’s donors,...
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