Arsal Oversees Implementation of Curfew on Syrians

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Municipal chief of the restive northeastern border town of Arsal Bassel al-Hujeiri said on Monday that the municipal police and residents of the town will make sure that a curfew decision on Syrian refugees that will kick off tonight is well respected.

“A number of members of the municipal police and some residents of the town will supervise the implementation of a curfew decision on Syrian refugees that will start Monday at 10:00 pm,” al-Hujeiri told VDL (100.5).

Last week, Arsal decided to impose a nighttime curfew on Syrian refugees, two days after one of the town's mayors was critically wounded in an assassination attempt.

Several municipalities across Lebanon have imposed similar curfews on Syrian refugees and workers. Such measures have spiked recently after a string of suicide bombers attacked al-Qaa town on Lebanon's border with Syria.

A gang of Syrian and Lebanese nationals has compiled a hit list that includes the names of ten people in Arsal that the group intends to liquidate, al-Hujeiri said last Friday.

Ever since the Syrian revolt erupted in March 2011, Arsal has served as a key conduit for extremists, refugees, rebels and wounded people fleeing strife-torn Syria.

SourceNaharnet
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