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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Gunmen vacate Ain el-Helweh schools as joint force deploys
2023-09-30
[An Nahar] Gunmen withdrew Friday from the schools they were occupying in the Ain el-Helweh Paleostinian refugee camp, as a joint Paleostinian force started deploying in the camp’s al-Taamir area.

The National News Agency said a "positive atmosphere" was engulfing the deployment process and that the Paleostinian force was supposed to enter into the camp’s schools.

The schools had been occupied during days of deadly fighting between hardline Islamist groups and the mainstream Fatah Movement.

The occupation forced the U.N.’s agency for Paleostinian refugees, UNRWA, to postpone the start of the school year.

"More than 11,000 Paleostine Refugees children in South Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
will not be able to join their peers at the beginning of the school year on 2 October," an UNRWA statement said.

"UNRWA was forced to take this decision given all our eight schools inside the camp have been taken over by gangs. They have sustained significant destruction and damage. Other schools — outside the camp- are currently being used by displaced families," said Dorothée Klaus, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon.

At least 4,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Ain el-Helweh. Many sought refuge in UNRWA facilities while others are staying with relatives and friends.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea, one that didn't involve kerosene...
UNRWA has been providing safe spaces and some education material for children and activities so they can have some learning and be able to reconnect with their childhood.

Posted by:Fred

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