Bukhari: Saudi Arabia Stands With the Lebanese

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
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Bukhari: Saudi Arabia Stands With the Lebanese

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari said that the Kingdom was keen on Lebanon’s security, safety, and stability.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut.

An official statement said that during the meeting, Ambassador Bukhari highlighted “keenness on Lebanon’s security, safety, and stability,” and reiterated the Kingdom’s support for all the Lebanese.

He also valued the “unifying role assumed by Dar-al-Fatwa,” hoping that the current crisis would end soon and that prosperity and safety would return to Lebanon.

Commenting on the announcement of the US peace plan, known as the “Deal of the Century”, Bukhari renewed Saudi Arabia’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights.

“Saudi Arabia is committed to a just solution that ensures the rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.



UN Refugee Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians to Return

Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
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UN Refugee Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians to Return

Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)

A UN refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking countries to refrain from forced returns.

"Now we have forecasted that we hope to see somewhere in the order of 1 million Syrians returning between January and June next year so we shared this plan with donors, asking for their support," said Rema Jamous Imseis, UNHCR Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

She said that thousands of people had fled Syria this month as opposition fighters seized power from President Bashar al-Assad, while thousands had also returned to the country mostly from Türkiye, Lebanon and Jordan.