Fire destroys Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, leaving 75 families homeless

LONDON: An overnight blaze destroyed tents at a Syrian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon, leaving 75 families homeless, Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. The blaze struck a camp housing about 486 people in Bar Elias, a town in the Bekaa Valley’s Zahle district, according to an Anadolu correspondent. Accounts differed on the extent of the damage. Anadolu reported that all 59 tents were destroyed, and no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s National News Agency, citing the Di

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