BEIRUT: More than a dozen Assyrian Christians fleeing an onslaught by ISIS in northeastern Syria have entered Lebanon since Monday night, a General Security official told The Daily Star.
Gen. Nabil Hannoun Tuesday also refuted allegations that the fleeing families had been blocked or prevented from crossing into Lebanon. “There is the regular routine administrative procedures which they have to follow in order to enter Lebanon, but no blocking,” Hannoun said.
He said no Assyrian was stranded on the border Tuesday and that many have been allowed into the country Monday night.
Hannoun did not give a figure for how many Assyrians have crossed into Lebanon, but the state-run National News Agency said Tuesday that 17 entered last night.