BEIRUT — Sitting in the garage they rent in Lebanon's Bekaa, Ahmed, Mohammed and Miriam discuss politics yet again. They may be brothers and sisters, but their opinions toward the Syrian civil war could not be more opposed. Ahmed, the eldest at 38, supports the Free Syrian Army (FSA), while Miriam, 36, favors the government. Mohammed, the youngest, wishes for an Islamic state to be established in Syria. What is in this improvised house a calm debate and the subject of jokes has been fueling a bloody civil war for 2½ years.
"We cannot really have an argument; our sister is too stubborn and will always have the upper hand, she runs everything in this house!" joke the two brothers.
