Carine Tobey

A Syrian girl covers herself with a blanket at a refugee settlement in Bar Elias in Lebanon.

Sorry, we’re full — Lebanon ends its open border policy for Syrian refugees

January 6, 2015Conflict

Lebanon has said enough. After decades of open borders with Syria and years of accepting refugees from its civil war, new border regulations mean that most Syrians can no longer find safe haven in the relative calm of Lebanon.