With each passing day, the ticking time bomb of displaced Syrians in Lebanon seems closer to exploding.
On the face of it, everyone is part of the problem. On July 26, 2013, Ninette Kelley, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon, held a joint press conference with Luca Rends, country director for the UN Development Programme, at UNHCR headquarters in Beirut. Both presented alarming numbers on the Syrian refugee crisis that also pointed to its exacerbation and further deterioration.