[IMG]https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G9Le7ad8H8zoNYutEu9OGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-03T104736Z_1_CBREA320TZT00_RTROPTP_2_LEBA**N-SYRIA-ARSAL.JPG[/IMG]By Issam Abdallah TRIPOLI,
Leba**n (Reuters) - The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to
Leba**n officially topped 1 million on Thursday, highlighting the growing humanitarian catastrophe caused by Syria's civil war and the huge burden placed on its poorly prepared neighbors. The United Nations
refugee agency UNHCR marked what it called a devastating
milestone by formally registering a 18-year-old student from the city of Homs as the
millionth refugee at a ceremony in Leba**n's Mediterranean city of Tripoli. After three years of conflict sparked by protests against President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule, Syria's war has caused one of the greatest upheavals seen in the Middle East - and one which shows ** sign of abating.
with a population of just 4 million,
Leba**n **w has the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide, an influx which the government has described as an existential threat in a country scarred by its own volatile history.
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04-03-2014, 07:57 PM
Leba**n marks 'devastating' milestone with millionth refugee
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