Syria rejects Leba**n idea of border refugee camps
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b...490fb7d94c.jpgA suggestion by Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Friday that refugee camps be set up along the country's border with Syria was swiftly rejected by Damascus's ambassador. Bassil "met ambassadors from the powerful five permanent members of the UN Security Council today (Friday) and discussed with them the establishment of camps for Syrian refugees along the border," a ministry statement said. Those talks were followed by a meeting with Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdel Karim Ali to discuss the question of refugees, who **w number more than a million in Leba**n. "We are against such camps... Syria is a large country that can accommodate all of its citizens," he insisted.




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