Governor of Baalbek-Herme Bachir Khodor explained on Wednesday that "the amount of support received was surprising to him, and the public sector bears the burden related to displacement." 

"Baalbek district is the largest district in Lebanon, and it has a larger number of Syrian refugees than Lebanese residents," Khodor said in an interview with LBCI.

Khodor also highlighted the army's work at the borders, stressing that "the escape of illegal crossings and smuggling is not a shortcoming of the security forces and the army, as they are doing their utmost duties."

"I do not hold the displaced responsible for the crisis we are experiencing, as we bear the majority of it, but displacement has exacerbated it," he concluded.