|
|
Article: LEBANON: SHATTERED CAMP REVIVES UNDER MILITARY EYES
- Article from:
- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- August 25, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Ray Smith
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-25-2009
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Aug. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Palestinian
refugees at Nahr Al-Bared in North Lebanon are living under tight
military siege two years after a war destroyed the refugee camp.
It has now become a test case for a new approach in Lebanon's
security policy towards Palestinian refugee camps.
The 200,000 square metres camp is located on the Mediterranean
coast, about 16 kilometres north of Tripoli. Adjacent to the
highway leading from Beirut to the Syrian border, Nahr Al-Bared is
surrounded by the villages of Akkar, a neglected region dominated
by Sunni Muslims and Maronite Christians.
A fierce battle between the militant ...