The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported Saturday that it registered more than 13,000 Syrian refugees who crossed into Lebanon in the last week. The new arrivals took to 779,000 the total number of Syrians receiving assistance from the agency and partner aid agencies, according to the UNHCR weekly 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, according to the report. The number of Syrians who fled the conflict in their country to neighboring countries exceeded one million with Lebanon hosting the bulk of them. The State of Kuwait is one of the main contributors to the UNHCR-led relief effort for the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.