BEIRUT (AFP) - A young Syrian girl died in Lebanon after she was reportedly beaten by her father, security forces said on Tuesday (April 7).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIRUT - A young Syrian girl died in Lebanon after she was reportedly beaten by her father, security forces said on Tuesday .
"Immediately after news circulated of the girl's death due to being severely beaten by her father... ISF detained him at the hospital," they said in a statement. The lockdown has compounded an already dire socioeconomic situation in Lebanon, where a major downturn means 45 per cent of the population now live in poverty.
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