Total of 990 Syrian refugees, cross into Jordon within the past 24 hours

A total of 990 Syrian refugees, crossed into Jordon during the past 24 hours, and they were relocated and transported to the refugee camps across Jordan and were supplied with their basic needs. Director of Syrian refugees affairs, brigadier Wadah Al-Hamoud said that 23 syrian refugees were allowed to return voluntarily to their country, whereas 29 Syrian refugees have been allowed to stay with their relatives outside the Zaatari refugee camp . The number of Syrian refugees in Jordan's camp exceeded 127,532 while the total number in Jordan reached 543,783, he added. In a related development, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said earlier Saturday in its weekly report that more than 13,000 Syrian refugees crossed into Lebanon in the last week. The new arrivals reached 779,000 the total number of Syrians receiving assistance from the agency and partner aid agencies, according to the report. The figure includes 678,000 refugees registered with the agency while 101, 000 refugees have yet to be registered. The refugees are distributed among Lebanese areas as follows; 226,000 in Baqaa, 217,000 in northern Lebanon, 144,000 in Beirut and suburbs, and 90,000 in southern Lebanon, the report said. The number of Syrians who fled the conflict in their country to neighboring countries exceeded one million with Lebanon hosting the bulk of them.