GENEVA, March 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday that morethan 100,000 people had been newly displaced within Lebanon in just 24 hoursamid the war raging in the Middle East. "As of today, more than 667,000 people in Lebanon have now registered on the(Lebanese) government's online platform as displaced -- and this is anincrease of 100,000 in just one day," said Karolina Lindholm Billing, the UNrefugee agency's representative in Lebanon. "That's a faster pace of displacement compared to 2024," she told reportersin Geneva, speaking from Beirut.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 10, 2026 10:56 UTC