we begin in north eastern lebanon where a suicide car bombing at the town of south has left a number of soldiers dead. that last occurred at the cockle beds of georgia's army checkpoint which is close to the syrian border. not long off the attack ended with a group claimed responsibility for it or not correspond to an end and taxes following events from beirut. she tells us more about the claim of responsibility. in case you really can't see me. but in the extraordinary. he is jesus. much more than angry so even when it came with the beastie. on the landing on the crusader army. every teacher last year. stocks just a moment in her closet key words. i couldn't believe the theory. blow it yet we can and should stay in your hands say it. you can see a text. i presume because they are great fans of all watery and not to kill a regional national and given that it is so close to where the violence is just across the border in syria. annie to the aed on tuesday. for that he said. wouldn't it be for the crime. during one touch make every inch. the station from the same thing. she said ouch m

north of syria. let's go to the middle east correspondent jim muir from eastern lebanon, close to the border with syria. jim, what's your assessment now three years on on what on earth is happening both on the political and humanitarian side? >> translato >> the humanitarian side is what you feel now. it doesn't allow the formal. you have these shanty towns sprung up in fields throughout the valley with 3,000 new refugees being added every single day. they say we just don't know. that's the tragedy. this is going into its fourth year. some of the people living here in these shanties have been here three years and when will they ever be able to go home? it is pretty much a dead end at the moment. nobody is talking about geneva because the russians have fallen out over the ukraine. that certainly hasn't help. president assad seems to be preparing to run another reelection for presidencies. in other words, they don't see any change coming up. as i say, there's no end in sight. that's what makes it very depressing for the hundreds of thousands of syrians who flocked here into lebanon. >> jim muir, thank yo