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Australian Visit Highlights Syrian Refugee Problem in Lebanon

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr calls for an end to the fighting in Syria and support for Lebanon.
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BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon — Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr lauded the “extraordinary generosity” the Lebanese people have given to the more than a million Syrians living in the country because of the raging Syrian civil war. Underscoring the seriousness of the war to Canberra, it was the first visit by an Australian foreign minister to Lebanon in over a decade.

Carr visited a makeshift refugee tent camp housing up to 70 people in the Bekaa Valley.

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