Local workers in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh raised a banner threatening Syrian refugees to not work in the Hezbollah-held city.
''O Syrian , the hand that extends to our livelihood will be cut off."
More than 1.2 mn Syrian refugees live in Lebanon under severe living condition and mounting discrimination acts throughout the Hezbollah-controlled country.
The Syrian labor, even before the Syrian revolution erupted in March 2011, has been the main pillar of the Lebanese economic hub, where more than 1.5 mn Syrians used to work legally and illegally in Lebanon.
Many Syrian refugee camps have been evicted and demolished in Lebanon and thousands of refugees were expelled due to blatant discrimination policy by the Lebanese people.
Such acts sparked anger amid local activists and human rights groups.
Some say the 'extremist' acts against Syrian refugees recall Nazis acts against Jewish people where many governorates have imposed the ‘Ghetto’ system on Syrians.
In relevant development, Syrian refugees in Lebanese town of Arsal went to streets on Friday, calling for the release of their relatives in the Lebanese prisons as hunger strike enters the seventh day in the notorious Roumieh prison.
The Syrian refugees have joined a public Lebanese demand of granting a general amnesty for the victims of arbitrary arrest, especially the prisoners who have no charges or have not been sentenced.
The Lebanese army has constantly waged arrests campaign in the border town with Syrian where most of Syrian refugees take Arsal as their main shelter
