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| Syrians flee to Lebanon |
| 2011-06-26 |
| BEIRUT: Hundreds of Syrians, some with gunshot wounds, have crossed into neighboring Lebanon in search of a refuge from the growing violence in their homeland, a Lebanese security official said Saturday. Most arriving at the border came shortly after Syrian security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters across Syria on Friday. Syrian activists said 20 people were killed, including two children aged 12 and 13. The Local Coordination Committees, a group tracking the Syria protests, said most of the deaths occurred in the Barzeh neighborhood of the capital, Damascus, and in the suburb of Al-Kaswa. Others died when security forces opened fire in the central city of Homs, sending residents fleeing to the Lebanese border 20 miles (30 kilometers) away. The violence has prompted thousands of Syrians to seek a safe haven in neighboring countries. Up to 1,000 crossed Friday and overnight into northern LebanonÂ’s Akkar region, near Wadi Khaled, a Lebanese security official said. Most crossed into the border village of Kneiseh from the Syrian village of Al-Quseir, where Syrian activists said security forces fired on protesters Friday At least six Syrians with gunshot wounds were among the arrivals, the Lebanese official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations. The wounded were receiving treatment in Akkar hospitals. The new arrivals join thousands of other Syrians who fled to Lebanon in May and early June, most during the Syrian militaryÂ’s crackdown on the border town of Talkalakh, a few minutesÂ’ walk from LebanonÂ’s Wadi Khaled. Unlike the earlier exodus, when the displaced Syrians camped out on the Lebanese side of the border, many new arrivals were staying with relatives or elsewhere in Beirut, the Lebanese official said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 I can see refugee Syrians pleading at the OIC and UN for Right of Return™. No wait...that's the beer talking. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-26 16:42 |
| #5 My old manÂ’s a refugee, What do you think about that? He wears a refugeeÂ’s grin, He wears a refugeeÂ’s burka. He wears a refugeeÂ’s boomcoat, He wears a refugeeÂ’s curly shoes. And every Saturday evening, He reads the Refugee News. And someday, if I can, IÂ’m gonna be a refugee just like my old man. |
| Posted by: S 2011-06-26 16:32 |
| #4 Lol, el-Frank, why not? Franchished hell-holes, you got it, I'm in. Beats Daneguld if they get the bill. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2011-06-26 14:19 |
| #3 franchise the Ein-El-Hellhole Paradise Resorts™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-26 13:56 |
| #2 Oh great, the UNRWA could create another class of sixty-year "refugees" in Lebanon. Don't the Lebanese have enough troubles as it is? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-06-26 12:32 |
| #1 Paging the UNRWA. UNRWA to the white courtesy phone, please. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-06-26 11:13 |