Turkey Turkey has taken on the brunt of Syria’s refugees, with over 1.8 million Syrians currently living in their country. Lebanon Lebanon, Syria’s neighbor, is second only to Turkey, having taken on over 1.2 million refugees. Jordan Jordan holds the third most refugees, reportedly containing over 628,427 Syrians. Iraq Iraq, which is having its own troubles with its war with the self-declared Islamic State (known also as ISIS or ISIL), is housing approximately 247, 861 refugees. Egypt Egypt is also doing their part by currently handling around 133,000 refugees. Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2396458/29-countries-accepting-syrian-refugees/#W1BYv5BvTxHLD4ar.99 This article is from September - the numbers will obviously have increased since then, particularly in Germany, and I believe Turkey has over 2 million refugees now. The United Arab Emirates and Israel are conspicuous in their refusal to help - though I doubt whther most refugees would feel any safer in Israel than they would in Syria.