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A Syrian woman living in Amman looks on during a protest in front of the Russian embassy, to reject Russian support for Syria’s Bashar Assad and his regime. (AP)


A Syrian woman living in Amman looks on during a protest in front of the Russian embassy, to reject Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad and his regime. (AP)

A Syrian woman living in Amman looks on during a protest in front of the Russian embassy, to reject Russian support for Syria’s Bashar Assad and his regime. (AP)

Beirut, (AFP)- Nearly 4,000 people who fled to neighbouring Lebanon between March and September as Syrian troops crack down on anti-regime demonstrations have registered with the United Nations, a report said.

The report by the UN Development Programme released late on Friday said that more than 3,580 Syrians registered with the UN in north Lebanon by September 7, more than 600 of them between September 1 and 7.

“In the past two weeks, new arrivals from Syria have come to Lebanon from villages of Heet, Tal Kalakh and in Homs as clashes flared in those areas,” it said.

“Most Syrians who have been displaced from their villages in recent weeks enter Lebanon at official border crossings since unofficial crossing points are reportedly heavily guarded by Syrian authorities.”

Eyewitnesses in north Lebanon have told AFP they could hear gunfire from the Syrian side of the border and have seen black plumes of smoke rising in recent weeks.

Security sources have said that some refugees arrived in Lebanon suffering from gunshot wounds.

The United Nations estimates that more than 2,600 Syrians have been killed, many of them civilians, since mid-March as a result of the Syrian regime’s crackdown on protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian women living in Jordan chant slogans, while a girl holds out her hands with Arabic writing that reads, "Hama is bleeding," during a protest in front of the Russian embassy, to condemn Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad, in Amman. (AP)

Syrian women living in Jordan chant slogans, while a girl holds out her hands with Arabic writing that reads, “Hama is bleeding,” during a protest in front of the Russian embassy, to condemn Russian support for Syria’s Bashar Assad, in Amman. (AP)

A Syrian protester living in Jordan holds a Syrian flag with a sign reading "Freedom" during a protest against the Russian position in support of the Syrian regime, in front of Russian embassy in Amman . (R)

A Syrian protester living in Jordan holds a Syrian flag with a sign reading “Freedom” during a protest against the Russian position in support of the Syrian regime, in front of Russian embassy in Amman . (R)