Lebanon Launches Plan to Cope With Syria Fallout

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Lebanon can certainly use the help what with all those refugees flooding in.

Lebanon Launches Plan to Cope With Syria Fallout

BEIRUT — Dec 15, 2014, 11:48 AM ET


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Lebanon and the U.N. have launched a plan that calls for an estimated $2.1 billion to help the country cope with the fallout from the conflict in neighboring Syria.

Lebanon has taken in more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. That influx has put a severe strain on Lebanon's infrastructure, economy and government services such as health and education.

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