A woman walks in the rain on the first day of the cease-fire, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Nov. 27, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)
"It is strictly forbidden for any Syrian to remain in Chiyeh and the southern suburbs of Beirut from Sunday, March 23." This warning, which circulated Thursday night on several groups online reporting local news in Lebanon and signed "The Youth of Chiyeh," was "fake news," several local officials told L'Orient-Le Jour, denouncing a "conspiracy" aimed at creating dissent.The message, which was widely shared on social media, urged Syrians, refugees or not, to "leave immediately, or bear the responsibility," read a message dated March 20, 2025. "The Youth of Chiyeh, we ask anyone affected to intervene, we are the landowners and we must protect it ... Act as soon as possible ... (ISIS is among you)," said the message.In 2013, when Hezbollah officially intervened militarily in...
"It is strictly forbidden for any Syrian to remain in Chiyeh and the southern suburbs of Beirut from Sunday, March 23." This warning, which circulated Thursday night on several groups online reporting local news in Lebanon and signed "The Youth of Chiyeh," was "fake news," several local officials told L'Orient-Le Jour, denouncing a "conspiracy" aimed at creating dissent.The message, which was widely shared on social media, urged Syrians, refugees or not, to "leave immediately, or bear the responsibility," read a message dated March 20, 2025. "The Youth of Chiyeh, we ask anyone affected to intervene, we are the landowners and we must protect it ... Act as soon as possible ... (ISIS is among you)," said the message.In 2013, when Hezbollah officially intervened militarily in...