Syrian refugees head to Lebanon's Shia south

TYRE, 29 January 2013 (IRIN) - Initially concentrated in Lebanon’s northern and eastern areas along the border with Syria, Syrian refugees (mostly Sunnis) are increasingly settling further south, in Lebanon’s Shia heartland, dominated by the political and militant group Hezbollah, a long-time ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Manal Tayyar fled to Lebanon after fighting erupted in her neighbourhood of Tadamun, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus last July. Neighbours tended to an injured person in her apartment; she left it stained with blood. 


"The problem between sects in Lebanon is a political fight; not a social fight. Nobody asks the Syrian refugees if they are Sunni or Shia, with or against the Syrian government" – Hassan Dbouk, Mayor of Tyre


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