A Syrian displaced woman stands at the entrance of her tent at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. — AP
MOHAMMED Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has raged in his native Syria.
He and his family fled bombings in 2012, thinking it would be a short, temporary stay. His hometown of Homs was under siege, and subject to a ferocious Syrian military campaign. He didn't even bring his ID with him.
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Nearly ten years later, millions of displaced Syrians unlikely to return in the foreseeable future, even as they face deteriorating living conditions abroad.
A Syrian displaced man and his son ride a motorcycle between the tents at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. — AP
Mohammed Zakaria, 53, who fled his Syrian hometown of Homs in 2012, works at his gas and oil shop which is at the entrance of his tent at a refugee camp, in Bar Elias.— AP
Zakaria is among millions of Syrians unlikely to return in the foreseeable future, even as they face deteriorating living conditions abroad. — AP
The Syrian conflict has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II. — AP
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