Thousands ‘Fleeing’ Lebanon’s Eastern Border

Thousands of people are fleeing Lebanon’s eastern border town of Arsal, as the Lebanese army and rebels from Syria clash.

published by
BBC Radio 4 Today
 on August 5, 2014

Source: BBC Radio 4 Today

Thousands of people are ‘fleeing’ Lebanon’s eastern border town of Arsal, as the Lebanese army and rebels from Syria clash for a third day.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Lina Khatib, the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said that a delegation of Muslim scholars, who had gone to the area to negotiate the release of kidnapped Lebanese army soldiers who were taken hostage by Syrian rebels, had been shot at.

This interview was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today program.

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