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First there were bad words, then shots, then hundreds of refugees lost their homes in the sea of flames.
After a dispute between the camp’s residents and a local clan family, a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon burned down. According to the UN refugee organization UNHCR, a major fire broke out in the Minijeh region camp on Saturday night, injuring several residents.
The flames had spread throughout the camp’s tents, UNHCR spokesman Chaled Kabbara told the AFP news agency. The fire was preceded by a dispute between a local Lebanese clan and Syrian refugees in the camp, Lebanese authorities said on Sunday, according to local media.
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On Sunday night it was announced that eight people had been arrested. The Lebanese army said on Sunday there were two Lebanese and six Syrians. The fire was preceded by a dispute between the locals and Syrian workers.
According to AFP, a member of the local “Mir” clan wanted to go grocery shopping on Saturday night at a grocery store that had already closed. As a result, the Lebanese forced Syrian businessmen to reopen the store so that the Mir family member could shop there.
It is said that a Syrian woman was insulted while shopping. His relatives were angered, so the Lebanese brought in reinforcements. They are said to have fired several shots, some of which set the camp on fire.
According to a UN spokesperson, around 75 families lived in the camp, made up of several hundred family members. After fleeing dictator Assad in neighboring Syria, they are now homeless again.
According to the government, around 1.5 million Syrians live in Lebanon, including one million people registered as refugees with the UN. After they fled the civil war in neighboring Syria, the conflicts between them and the Lebanese are repeated in the country, which is only five times more.
Since 2018, the Lebanese authorities have been trying to send the refugees back to neighboring “pacified” Syria. But only a few thousand accepted the offer. Most prefer to continue living in tents in Lebanon than under the victorious “Butcher of Damascus”, Dictator Bashar al-Assad.
