The European Commission has promised Lebanon financial aid totalling around €1 billion ($1.07 billion) in order to stop the flow into the European Union of refugees from Syria currently living there. “To underline our support, I can announce a financial package of €1 billion for Lebanon that would be available from this year until 2027,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Beirut on Thursday, after talks with caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. The package aims to strengthen Lebanon’s education, social protection an…