In Lebanon, villagers on the border watch Syria's revolution with unease

While Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home, many Lebanese remain on edge. Years of conflict have left the Syria-Lebanon borderlands scarred, and fears grow that instability could spill over again.

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In Lebanon, villagers on the border watch Syria's revolution with unease
Rafaat Nasrallah smokes a cigarette in his village on the Syria-Lebanon border. "We are at the border," he says, "our roads lead to Syria, because for us Syria is my country as well as Lebanon."

While Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home, many Lebanese remain on edge. Years of conflict have left the Syria-Lebanon borderlands scarred, and fears grow that instability could spill over again.

(Image credit: Ayman Oghanna for NPR)

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