Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Gunfire, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, Shelling, Syria, tagged bombings, Gunfire, Lebanon, refugees, Syria on May 17, 2011|
ReliefWeb, By Rana Moussaoui
17 May, 2011
WADI KHALED, Lebanon — Hundreds of Syrians fleeing a deadly crackdown on two-month-old protests are pouring into Lebanon, some saying they had to wade through rivers and find new routes to avoid gunfire.
“Anyone crossing those rivers is risking their life,” said Tarek, a labourer who arrived in Lebanon late on Sunday, when close to 1,000 Syrians crossed the border. (more…)
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