Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon

Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon - Yahoo News BEIRUT (AP) " Actress and U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lebanon to draw attention to the challenges facing thousands... More

Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon - Yahoo News BEIRUT (AP) " Actress and U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lebanon to draw attention to the challenges facing thousands of Syrian refugee children and to highlight the massive displacement Syria's three-year conflict has created, officials said Monday. During a three-day visit, Jolie visited unaccompanied children living in the eastern Bekaa Valley, where much of the poorest Syrian refugees in Lebanon reside, as the United Nations Refugee Agency Special Envoy. The 3,500 children are those who were orphaned, or separated from their families as they fled into Lebanon. They form part of the nearly one-third of all Syrians who have been displaced from their homes since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. About 2.5 million Syrians have become refugees; and another 4.2 million are displaced within Syria, the U.N. estimates " some Less