beirut abu yazan rarely step apartment northern lebanon since beat street june 32-year-old father syria leave pharmacy around midnight two strangers come ask light ask syrian get motorcycle beat say abu yazan live near port city tripoli second guy take belt hit back head anything wife cry help onlookers nothing six years tensions simmer 1.5 million syrians pour lebanon equal around quarter population refugees face wave hostility since conflict neighbor syria take hold debate presence take hard edge recent months fuel political leaders say lebanon lose patience social financial burden refugee crisis press demand refugees return syria lebanese politicians warn rise public anger like abu yazan refugees say hide home camp fear assault arrest humiliation recent months lebanon main party unite push repatriation difficult demand war ravage much syria right group warn force return refugees often say fear conscription syrian army call refugees return come syrian government shore rule main urban center ceasefire deal ease fight rebel part western syria unite nations refugee agency see grow trend report attack syrians voice concern mount tensions report attack remain isolate incidents spokeswoman lisa abou khaled say refugees feel anxious afraid tensions escalate june lebanon army arrest hundreds syrians raid refugee camp near border suicide bombers attack soldier four detainees late die custody military say chronic illness activists refugees challenge account blame deaths torture climate video circulate widely social media three lebanese men beat refugee street authorities detain attackers syrians lebanon say face widespread harassment reuters interview say felt deteriorate recent weeks others describe part daily existence refugees dare walk street say one refugee live amid makeshift tent akkar region decline name security fear get swear word abu yazan come lebanon five years ago say many people since extend sympathy family hostility strangers recent assault scar attackers threaten shoot saw hear lot talk syrians rob us go back country say come lebanon choice flee war consider people brothers many lebanese worry refugees threaten country security burden sluggish economy hard-hit syria war others say refugees take job strain lebanon already dysfunctional public service lebanese government long avoid set official refugee camp many syrians live tent settlements languish poverty face restrictions legal residence work mass last month head lebanon maronite christian church patriarch beshara al-rai urge politicians work return syrians country patriarch accuse refugees snatch lebanese people daily bread mouth throw state poverty deprivation nasser yassin researcher refugee policy american university beirut say lebanese communities grow weary host large number refugees resentment exist things change drastically last couple weeks ... mostly fuel politicians leaders say yassin warn politicians fan flame inflate actual burden refugee crisis imagine things go control recipe civil war say ominous warn country whose 15-year war involve palestinian refugees politicians fret long-term presence mainly sunni syrian refugees could destabilize lebanon shift delicate sectarian balance syria conflict inflame political rivalries sectarian divisions far heal since lebanon 1975-1990 war unite nations security force local officials mobilize ease tensions say ziad el sayegh senior national policy adviser lebanon ministry displace right group activists criticize lebanon ignore crisis early years national policy handle influx people ministry develop policy coordinate work state agencies say socio-economic strain cross limit sayegh add lebanon want return dispute syrians go back help unite nations right safety guarantee say issue deeply divide lebanon political blocs shi ite hezbollah ally side syrian president bashar al-assad press lebanese state work damascus critics strongly oppose prime minister saad al-hariri ally sunni saudi arabia others insist unite nations must oversee repatriation iranian-backed hezbollah play major role drive sunni militants border send thousands fighters syria support assad government evacuation deal hezbollah broke thousands refugees leave lebanon northeast border region syria since july right group fear refugees go back felt pressure lebanon unite nations say still early safe return take part local deal raise concern meet legal standards humanitarian principles still thousands go back represent drop ocean compare scale lebanon refugee crisis hostility grow towards syrian refugees lebanon