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Lebanese border town overwhelmed by Syrian war, refugees

The influx of more than 70,000 Syrian refugees is causing an infrastructural nightmare for the Arsal municipality, which has been left to pick up the pieces almost entirely alone.

Wadi Hamid, Arsel, Northern Lebanon. Feb 2014. james.hainesyoung@gmail.com
A Syrian family in a makeshift camp in Wadi Hamid between the boarder of Lebanon and Syria just outside Arsal., Feb. 14, 2014. — James Haines-Young

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