BERLIN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes overnight on the main border crossing to Syria had left Lebanon's main crossing point to its neighbour unable to function, hindering refugee attempts to flee a country where a fifth of the population is ...

The UN refugee agency on Friday highlighted the plight of refugees fleeing Lebanon amid the conflict between Israel and the Iranian-back Hezbollah militia. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in Geneva that 430,

Since September 23, Lebanon has “recorded the crossing of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory”, a Lebanese disaster management unit statement said

Lebanon's Transport minister said on Friday that Israeli bombing made a second border crossing between the country and Syria inoperable -- leaving only one main official passage between the two nations operational.

Lebanon has closed its two eastern border crossings with Syria following an Israeli airstrike near the Al-Qaa crossing. Transport Minister Ali Hamieh confirmed the attack rendered the crossings unusable.

Fouad Hassan, who lost family in the attack on south Beirut’s Jnah neighbourhood, describes how buildings were brought down on residents with no warning.

The Israeli military confirmed on Friday that it had struck a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon that it said was being used by Hezbollah to transfer weapons.