Update #4
Last Wednesday, the US pledged to donate $140 million to Lebanon to fund clean water and health programs to Syrian refugees and host communities. Currently, the US has provided $1.5 billion out of the projected $2.8 billion needed to cover the costs of supporting almost 2 million new inhabitants. Despite these efforts, violence broke out in Beirut as a result of growing tensions between natives and the incoming Syrian refugee population. Lebanon continues to hold the world’