BEIRUT, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The UN Higher Refugees Council said in its latest report issued Saturday that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached 156,000.
Up to 115,000 refugees registered officially with the agency, while 41,000 others are waiting to be registered, according to the report.
There are currently 59,020 refugees registered in north Lebanon, 45,969 in the Bekaa and 10,223 in Beirut and south Lebanon.
The agency is registering around 1,500 Syrian refugees on daily basis, most of whom have fled Syrian cities of Homs, Aleppo and Damascus.
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