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Hermel clans fear being caught in new regional chessboard

After clashes with Syrian security forces, the Lebanese clans say they are relying on the Lebanese Army, but feel threatened both by their new neighbors and by Israeli fire.

Hermel clans fear being caught in new regional chessboard

Qanafez elementary school, located in Hermel on the Lebanese-Syrian border, bombed on Feb. 7 by Syrian security forces. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)

At the end of a dirt road in the village of Qasr, in Hermel, a mound marks where Lebanon ends, and another marks where Syria starts. There is no clear demarcation of the border. “There, the houses before the lake, that’s Syria,” said Ali Zeaiter...
At the end of a dirt road in the village of Qasr, in Hermel, a mound marks where Lebanon ends, and another marks where Syria starts. There is no clear demarcation of the border. “There, the houses before the lake, that’s Syria,” said Ali Zeaiter...