Author: Susanne Schmelter

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Refugee reception center in Marj, Lebanon (photo: Susanne Schmelter)

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

Fighting for Survival

There are now more than half a million refugees from the Syrian civil war in Lebanon, seeking shelter with families, in rented apartments and on construction sites, in ruins and homemade tents, in communal accommodation and occasionally in transit camps. Susanne Schmelter reportsMore

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