Syrian Refugees Cannot Return– 'Anyone Who Goes Back, Dies'

Ben Gilbert reports that most of the refugees in Lebanon's northern Wadi Khaled region haven't been home in a year. They stay in order to avoid attacks, detention or military service. The few recent arrivals have had to bribe Syrian Army soldiers to cross the now nearly impenetrable border in this area.
Syrian refugees who have fled the violence in Syria stand at a temporary home at Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon April 4, 2012. REUTERS/Roula Naimeh (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Syrian refugees who have fled the violence in Syria stand at a temporary home at Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon 04/04/2012. - REUTERS/Roula Naimeh

As the battle for the future of Syria rages, the grainy Youtube videos of shelled cities and broken bodies, the sound of gunfire and the sight of armed men behind sandbags have become all too familiar.

So too has the struggle of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

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