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Hannan Nimer Tahtah, Lebanon "I left my husband and left two children behind"

[Lebanon] Hannan Nimer Tahtah. [Date picture taken: 07/31/2006] Salma Zulfiqar/IRIN
Hanan Nimer Tahtah.
    DAMASCUS

    "I came from the Bekaa Valley to Syria two days ago with four of my children because there is nowhere else to go except Syria. I went to the Red Crescent after asking people at the border to give me some food and cash. I had to leave Lebanon. I left my husband and left two children behind.

    “I haven't heard anything from them. I am very worried about them, God only knows. I ran away from the Israeli jet fighters, which destroyed everything we had, including my house and the entire village we were in. I came to Syria in a crazy rush asked a car passing by to take us.

    “I am so tired because I keep thinking of my husband and the children."

    SZ/ED

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