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Syrians, Lebanese among least happy people in world

Despite trying times, most people around the world are experiencing great levels of positive emotions, but Syrians’ happiness is at an all-time low for any country, according to a newly published Gallup poll. For the second year in a row, the country with the lowest positive emotions is Syria, with a score of 36 on the index. This marks an all-time low for any country Gallup has measured. Lebanon had an overall score of just 56 on the index, ranking relatively low, below most countries in sub-Saharan Africa as well as the West and tying with Tunis.

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Study sheds light on high levels of racism against Syrians in Lebanese regions

Over 90 percent of Lebanese in the areas of WadiKhaled, Sahel Akkar, and the Bekaa Valley support restricting the movement, political freedoms, and work opportunities of Syrian refugees, and in some cases, a significant percentage of Lebanese support violence directed towards the refugees, according to a study examining the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon.

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Ethnic tensions erupt in BurjHammoud

The stout, gray-haired man, who says he is “bigger than the mukhtar” in the community, stares coldly and speaks with authority. “The Kurds have no religion,” Serge says firmly, standing only a block away from where a Syrian Kurd put a local man in intensive care Saturday. Serge is one of many in Beirut’s northeastern suburb of BurjHammoud who harbors a flagrant resentment toward Kurds. Enmity between some runs so deep that tensions have even descended into gang warfare in the past.

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Syrian Kurds find no solace in Lebanon

Abdul Samih, his wife Fidan, and his five children live in a small, shabby apartment in the St. Simon neighborhood of southwest Beirut. To reach his tiny home, he weaves through narrow alleyways of Hezbollah flags, martyrdom posters, and burly Lebanese men looking on suspiciously at him. Not only is Abdul Samih a Syrian refugee, but he is ethnically Kurdish – making him double the outsider for many Lebanese.

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Lebanon: Child Refugee Deaths Expose Corruption in Relief Work

Lebanon’s snowstorm Alexa, five Syrian children froze to death. Who is to blame for these senseless deaths? Is it the Lebanese state, which has shirked its duties toward Syrian refugees? Or UN agencies, which have spent nearly $1 billion in one year, and yet, children continue to die because they lack a blanket?

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ICRC assists vulnerable Lebanese returnees

The International Committee of the Red Cross provided urgently needed aid for around 860 Lebanese persons who fled the conflict in Syria and left all their belongings behind, according to a statement released Tuesday. Lebanese returnees from Syria are not eligible for aid meant for refugees, as they are Lebanese nationals, and often find themselves in more vulnerable circumstances that their Syrian counterparts.

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