The restive northeastern border town of Arsal has decided to impose a nighttime curfew on Syrian refugees, its municipality announced on Friday, two days after one of the town’s mayors was critically wounded in an assassination attempt.
“We call for further unity, calm and solidarity between the dear residents of the town and the dear Syrian guests,” Arsal municipal chief Bassel al-Hujeiri said in a statement.
“The crimes that happen every now and then, the last of which was the attempt on Mayor Mohammed Alouli’s life, are aimed at undermining unity and harmony and sowing discord among brothers,” he added.
“Out of keenness on everyone’s interest and safety, we ask the Syrian brothers not to leave their places of residence at night, between 10 pm and 7 am, as of Monday, July 25,” the municipal chief said in his statement.
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.
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