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Article: Syria exit leaves a messy border; Tighter security has led to a dispute with Lebanon, complicating relations between the two countries.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 15, 2005
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Byline: Nicholas Blanford Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
MASNAA, LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER -- When Iraqi teenager Nihad Rahim was allowed to accompany his truck-driver father, Ayad, on a trip to Beirut, it was supposed to be a reward for passing his school exams.
But instead of being a break from his war-torn homeland, Nihad and his father have become caught up in a border crisis between Beirut and Damascus that has left hundreds of truckers stranded for a week on a remote seven-mile no man's land between the Lebanese and Syrian customs posts.
"It usually takes two minutes to drive from one to the other, but I have only moved a few ...