After the burning of their camp in northern Lebanon... The fire displaces 100 Syrian families

Officials at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry denied, on Monday, in response to statements by officials in the foreign affairs of the Syrian regime, that there had been any official contact between Lebanon and the Assad regime regarding the issue of the burning of the refugee camp in Miniyeh, northern Lebanon.

This humanitarian tragedy left some 600 displaced people from some 100 Syrian families, whose tents were burned in the camp.

The Lebanese officials emphasized that they had not received any communication from any Syrian official in any way, neither directly nor through the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus, to follow up on the refugee issue, as the Assad regime claimed.

After the camp burning incident, the Syrian regime’s foreign ministry called on its refugee citizens in different countries to return to their homeland, according to a statement attributed to an official source in the regime’s foreign affairs.

This comes as the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center continues to provide aid to the Syrian refugees affected by the fire, which broke out yesterday in the camp of Miniyeh  in northern Lebanon.

The King Salman Center provided aids that covered the basic requirements of those affected, such as tents, winter bags and blankets, in addition to the distribution of foodstuffs. This comes within the framework of the humanitarian aid provided by the Kingdom to the Syrian refugees in various areas of asylum.

According to the army’s statement, two Lebanese and six Syrians were arrested in the town of Bhannine in Miniyeh due to what happened in the camp.

According to the circulating accounts, the reason for the burning of the camp is due to a dispute between Lebanese youths from the El-Mir family and Syrian workers who live in the camp.

The workers previously worked for the El-Mir family and were not paid their wages, and when the Mir family asked them to work again, they refused and a conflict took place between the two parties inside the camp, which ended in a quarrel, and then the Lebanese youths left to return at night with more young men and randomly shoot at the refugee tents and burn the camp.

This incident was followed by a wave of anger in the Lebanese public opinion, and in Tripoli and Miniyeh in particular, in rejection of what happened, and an affirmation of support for the Syrian refugees, while their main expatriate, the Syrian regime, tries to trade their case and invite them to return.