Dima al-Kanj's house is now a pile of rubble and twisted metal.
Syrian refugee kids play with toys inside a room at a makeshift Syrian refugee camp in the Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Soldiers came again two days later as a reminder that people must remove their concrete walls and metal roofs. “We’re all sitting inside the same room on top of each other with our stuff,” she said. “We can’t rent a place or leave or do anything at all.” The military first told them of the order some two months ago and has since allowed grace periods. The army has not commented on the demolitions, but a military source said the forces were executing a legal regulation.
It is a thorny topic in a country with a fragile sectarian political system where informal settlements of Palestinians have expanded after they came decades ago. But activists accuse his party and other politicians of fueling hostility toward refugees and blaming them for Lebanon’s long-existing problems.Slideshow
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