A Nation on Edge

Tartus

Ad Duraykish

After decades of mismanagement and corruption,

Lebanon fell into a severe economic crisis in

2019. Banks closed, locking people out of their

savings, which then quickly lost value. Facing

rising violence, decaying infrastructure, and

unreliable public services, many have fled their

homeland even as refugees have flooded in.

SYRIA

Homs

Qattinah

Reservoir

Tallkalakh

Qbaiyat

Violence affecting civilians

Halba

Tikrit

The number of riots and attacks by armed groups, including Hezbollah and the Islamic State, rose in the three years after the economy collapsed in October 2019 compared with the three years before.

Over 30

El Mina

21-30

Tripoli

El Hermel

11-20

Chekka

1-10 increase in attacks (by district)

10,131 ft

Amioun

Bcharre

5

mi

Batroun

5

km

LEBANON

Laboue

Jbail

(Byblos)

Qartaba

Beirut blast

On August 4, 2020, a stockpile

of ammonium nitrate in a port

warehouse exploded with a

force equivalent to two million

pounds of dynamite, devas-

tating a swath of a city already

grappling with rising violence.

Baalbek

Jounie

Zahle

Rayak

Beirut

Baabda

Mediterranean

Sea

SYRIA

Sidon

L. Qaraaoun

Jezzine

Damascus

Rachaiya el Foukhar

Sarafand

Refugee haven

Syria’s civil war has driven some

two million people into Leba-

non since 2011, joining more

than 200,000 long-displaced

Palestinians. Lebanon has one

of the highest numbers of refu-

gees per capita in the world.

Nabatiye et Tahta

Tyre

Boundary

claimed

by Syria

Syrian refugee concentration

Tibnine

400 or more

One

square

mile

300-399

Naqoura

200-299

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

1-199

Rmaysh

Palestinian camp

Matthew W. Chwastyk, NGM Staff; Kelsey Nowakowski. Sources: Armed

Conflict Location & Event Data Project; UN High Commission

on Refugees; UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia;

ISRAEL

A Nation on Edge

After decades of mismanagement and corruption, Lebanon fell into a

severe economic crisis in 2019. Banks closed, locking people out of their

savings, which then quickly lost value. Facing rising violence, decaying

infrastructure, and unreliable public services, many have fled their

homeland even as refugees have flooded in.

Refugee haven

Syria’s civil war has driven some two million

people into Lebanon since 2011, joining more

than 200,000 long-displaced Palestinians.

Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of

refugees per capita in the world.

Violence affecting civilians

The number of riots and attacks by armed

groups, including Hezbollah and the Islamic

State, rose in the three years after the econ

omy collapsed in October 2019 compared

with the three years before.

The number of riots and attacks by armed

groups, including Hezbollah and the Islamic

State, rose in the three years after the econ

omy collapsed in October 2019 compared

with the three years before.

Syrian refugee concentration

Over 30 increase in attacks (by district)

400 or more

200-299

300-399

1-199

21-30

SYRIA

One square mile

11-20

Palestinian camp

1-10

Tripoli

Mediterranean

Sea

Beirut

Baabda

SYRIA

Sidon

15

mi

Damascus

15

km

Tyre

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

ISRAEL

Beirut blast

On August 4, 2020, a stockpile of ammonium

nitrate in a port warehouse exploded with a

force equivalent to two million pounds of

dynamite, devastating a swath of a city

already grappling with rising violence.

Boundary

claimed

by Syria

Matthew W. Chwastyk and Soren Walljasper, NGM Staff; Kelsey Nowakowski

Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project; UN High Commission

on Refugees; UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia;

A Nation on Edge

After decades of mismanagement and

corruption, Lebanon fell into a severe

economic crisis in 2019. Banks closed,

locking people out of their savings,

which then quickly lost value. Facing

rising violence, decaying infrastructure,

and unreliable public services, many

have fled their homeland even as

refugees have flooded in.

Refugee haven

Syria’s civil war has driven some two million

people into Lebanon since 2011, joining more

than 200,000 long-displaced Palestinians.

Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of

refugees per capita in the world.

Syrian refugee concentration

400 or more

200-299

300-399

1-199

One square mile

SYRIA

Palestinian camp

Tripoli

Mediterranean

Sea

Beirut

Baabda

SYRIA

Sidon

Damascus

Tyre

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

ISRAEL

15

mi

Boundary

claimed

by Syria

15

km

Violence affecting civilians

The number of riots and attacks by armed

groups, including Hezbollah and the Islamic

State, rose in the three years after the econ

omy collapsed in October 2019 compared

with the three years before.

Over 30 increase in attacks (by district)

21-30

11-20

1-10

Tripoli

Beirut

Baabda

Sidon

Tyre

15

mi

15

km

Beirut blast

On August 4, 2020, a stockpile of ammonium

nitrate in a port warehouse exploded with a

force equivalent to two million pounds of

dynamite, devastating a swath of a city

already grappling with rising violence.

Matthew W. Chwastyk and Soren

Walljasper, NGM Staff; Kelsey Nowakowski

Sources: Armed Conflict Location &

Event Data Project; UN High Commission

on Refugees; UN Economic and Social

Commission for Western Asia;