LF leader Geagea meets with US ambassador Hale

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met on Saturday with US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale at his residence in Maarab.

LF media bureau issued a statement in which it said that both officials discussed the latest political developments in Lebanon, as well as the file of the Syrian refugees.
The statement added that Geagea and Hale agreed over setting safe security zones for the refugees inside Syrian territory under international protection.

The UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) said in August that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving aid from the government, the UN and its NGO partners has reached the threshold of 703,000.

The number of registered refugees is more than 592,000, while more than 110,000 are still waiting for their registration process to be completed, it said.

It added that 198,000 Syrian refugees were registered in northern Lebanon, representing 33 percent of the total number of refugees; 201,000 in the eastern Bekaa region, representing 34 percent; 115,000 in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, representing 18 percent; and 77,000 in southern Lebanon, representing 13 percent.