Syrian refugees protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Tripoli, Libya Photo: EPA
Posted on 12/10/2011 5:01:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Thousands of refugees fleeing the escalating violence in Syria are seeking shelter in Libya, a country still recovering from its own civil war.
Buses from Damascus, crammed with Syrian families, are arriving daily into the east Libyan city of Benghazi.
"Up to 4,000 Syrian families have sought refuge in Libya in the last weeks, and the numbers are increasing every day" said Dr Mohammed Jammal, a Syrian community leader in the city. "The buses arrive full and go back empty. There used to be two a week, but now there are two a day."
The journey is a gruelling four and half days of travel, crossing first into Jordan, across the Suez Canal, through Egypt, and then down the long road to Benghazi.
But refugees say this was preferable to staying in neighbouring countries where they still felt unsafe. Many of the escaping families are opponents to the reign of President Bashar al-Assad, and fear persecution in Lebanon, whose government remains an ally of the Syrian regime, or even Turkey and Jordan by infiltrating Syrian intelligence officials.
"Libya is free now. There is no secret police to watch you move," said a refugee who nonetheless remained too fearful to give his real name...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Syrian refugees protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Tripoli, Libya Photo: EPA
See, you thought you’d seen every nonsense headline imaginable.
True!
Sunni/Wahhabi/MuBro symps running from the Shi’ite/ Alawites/Nusayris/Ansaris
I love the smell of burning muzzies in the morning!
You know you’ve got it bad when you’re fleeing to Libya!
Note: this topic is from Friday, December 9, 2011. Re-ping.Benghazi, weird coincidence.Buses from Damascus, crammed with Syrian families, are arriving daily into the east Libyan city of Benghazi.
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