Between bomb craters: Taxis stuck on war-hit Lebanon-Syria border
The Peninsula
Masnaa, Lebanon: Stuck in no man s land on the war hit Lebanon Syria border, cab driver Fadi Slika now scrapes a living ferrying passengers between tw...
Masnaa, Lebanon: Stuck in no man's land on the war-hit Lebanon-Syria border, cab driver Fadi Slika now scrapes a living ferrying passengers between two deep craters left by Israeli air strikes.
The journey is just two kilometres (about 1.2 miles), but Slika has no other choice -- his taxi is his only source of income.
"My car is stuck between craters: I can't reach Lebanon and I can't go back to Syria. Meanwhile we're under threat of (Israeli) bombardment," said the 56-year-old.
"I work and sleep here between the two holes," he told AFP.
A dual Lebanese-Syrian national, Slika has been living in his car, refusing to abandon it when it broke down, until a mechanic brought a new engine.
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