More than 164,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon

BEIRUT - The UN Higher Refugees Council said Sunday in its latest report that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached 164,000.

Residents walk as they flee their homes after shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Houla near Homs Dec 23, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Up to 122,000 Syrian refugees are officially registered with the agency, while 42,000 others are waiting to be registered and are in contact with the agency.

Offices of the agency in Tripoli, Beirut, Bekaa and south Lebanon are completing the registration of 1,500 refugees on a daily basis, the agency said, noting that the majority of the refugees come from the Syrian cities of Homs, Aleppo and Damascus.

Some 62,797 refugees are registered in north Lebanon, with 48, 118 in Bekaa, and 11,451 in Beirut and south Lebanon.