[An Nahar] As U.N. inspectors crossed the border from Syria into Leb Saturday, they were followed out of the war-torn country by a continuous flow of families desperate to flee the threat of U.S. strikes.Cars filled with weary-looking passengers, their open boots packed to the brim with bags and suitcases crossed the Masnaa border post in a constant -- though not massive -- exodus as a U.S. intervention over a suspected gas attack appeared increasingly imminent.
"I'm going to rent a house near Anjar (in Leb's eastern Bekaa valley) and we will wait for things to calm down," said Abu Malek, a 31-year-old Syrian who works in an aluminum factory near the capital Damascus.