In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, a Syrian refugee woman smokes a cigarette outside of her tent at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. She is just one of Syria's refugees in Lebanon, driven out of their homes by a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 and displaced millions. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, a Syrian refugee woman smokes a cigarette outside of her tent at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. She is just one of Syria's refugees in Lebanon, driven out of their homes by a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 and displaced millions. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, a Syrian girl poses for a portrait near her tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. About 200 refugees live together in tents pitched near the Syrian border. They offer no protection from Lebanon's sizzling summers and its freezing winters, and there is barely any running water and no electricity. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, a Syrian woman poses for a portrait with her two sons inside their tent at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. They are a few of Syria's refugees in Lebanon, driven out of their homes by a civil war that has killed over 100,000 and displaced millions. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, a Syrian girl poses for a portrait inside her tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. Lebanon, a tiny country of about 4.5 million, now hosts over 700,000 refugees. Many more are unregistered and uncounted. President Michel Suleiman has said at least one million Syrian refugees are in Lebanon, with thousands more crossing over each week. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo, an elderly Syrian woman poses for a portrait near her tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of al-Faour in the Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. For those who cannot afford rent prices, living conditions can be appalling. Unlike in Jordan and Turkey, the Lebanese government has ruled out erecting refugee camps for political reasons.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The days are long at the al-Faour settlement in Lebanon. Women draw on cigarettes to help pass the time, their faces haggard and sunburned. Children play outside their tents in bright, ragged clothes and worn-out shoes.
They are a few of Syria's refugees in Lebanon, driven out of their homes by a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions.
For those who cannot afford to rent homes, living conditions can be appalling. Unlike in Jordan and Turkey, the Lebanese government has ruled out erecting refugee camps for political reasons.
Instead, many refugees live in collective shelters, underground parking lots and abandoned construction sites. Others sleep on sidewalks, under bridges and in tin shacks strung up with laundry lines.
Lebanon, a tiny country of about 4.5 million, now officially hosts more than 700,000 refugees. There are likely many more. President Michel Suleiman has said at least one million Syrian refugees are in Lebanon, with thousands more crossing over each week.
At al-Faour in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, about 200 refugees live together in tents pitched near the Syrian border. They offer no protection from Lebanon's sizzling summers and its freezing winters. There is barely any running water and no electricity.
Here's a gallery of images by Associated Press photographer Nariman El-Mofty from al-Faour, Lebanon.
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