‘Nowhere to go’: Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon face perilous return
Detentions and disappearances reported as an estimated 400,000 refugees make crossing into Assad regime territory
For two weeks, Umm Hadi has been living a nightmare on repeat. It has been 12 years since she last saw her eldest son, who was detained by Syrian soldiers at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria.
Now it has happened again. She says her younger son Hadi was at the al-Dabbousyia crossing on 7 October, attempting to flee Israeli airstrikes and cross back into Syria to try to reunite with his family, when he was arrested and taken away by government forces.
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