Displaced Allawis find little relief in impoverished north

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HISA, AKKAR (IRIN) - They may have been uprooted "more than 40 times" over the years since Lebanon's Civil War began in 1975, but Hussein Mohammed and his family say they have rarely felt as threatened as they do today. "When Israel did air strikes [in 2006] they dropped leaflets warning us to leave the village. These Salafis are trying to drive us out of the country," said Mohammed, a member of the Allawi sect.

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