Second: A very large number of Syrians live in Lebanon, some of whom are elites who fled during the coups. Under Baath rule, the number of Syrians in Lebanon doubled until it stabilized during the period 1990-2011 at nearly half a million Syrians, most of whom were workers. After the outbreak of the civil war in Syria, these workers brought their families, before the number doubled to more than one and a half million Syrians, living in homes, farms and houses all over Lebanon. Among them were hundreds of thousands who were forced to live in camps that provided the minimum conditions of shelter. With the establishment of a system of interests between Lebanese, Syrian, Arab and international institutions in the name of helping the displaced, Lebanon was entering into a major division over how to deal with the displaced. After the fighting in Syria subsided and it became possible to talk about safe areas in Syria, the debate over the displaced intensified, but Lebanon was unable to deal with the Arab and international political decision to use the file of the displaced, knowing that the former regime did not show enthusiasm for returning them, as there was no place available for residence and no open markets for work.