Support Group…

Playing with Syrian children in a Beirut refugee camp (Photo: Emily O'Dell)

Today, President Obama praised Lebanon’s generosity in welcoming over 700,000 refugees to Lebanon from Syria, and announced that the U.S. will offer $74 million to Lebanon to help with the steady influx of refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria. Tomorrow, the President of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman, is scheduled to attend the International Support Group for Lebanon in New York to seek even more support in helping this small country accommodate the growing number of Syrian refugees living here.

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