the camp saw heavy fighting, shelling, and outright massacres during the religious conflict known as the lebanese civil war. everywhere, you see posters representing a full menu of political factions and affiliations from assad loyalists, to the plo, to every flavor of extremist. man: it s either a jihad, a victory, or martyrism. anthony: do you know of any other place in the region where all of these groups are coexisting within a confined space? nick: it is stunning to be walking down the street with high heels, short skirts, and vast amounts of red wine flowing. and then drive straight into an extraordinarily conservative, predominately shia district or, you know, the hezbollah district, which is a effectively run by what the us calls a terrorist organization. it s kind of, and it s kind of mind-blowing. anthony: i am not a geopolitical expert. and as much time as i ve spent in this part of the world, i ve spent nowhere near the amount of time this guy has. nick paton walsh.
palestinian refugees but it has become an area for syrians fleeing isis. the camp saw heavy fighting, shelling and outright massacres during the the religious conflict known as the lebanese civil war. everywhere you see posters representing factions and affiliations from asad loyalists to every flavor of extremist. a victory for jihad. do you know of any other place in the region where all of these groups are co-existing within a confined space? it is stunning to be walking down the street behind short skirts and red wine flowing and drive straight into an extraordinarily conservative shiite district. it is kind of mind blowing. i am not a giopolitical
[ birds ] anthony: the islands off jaffna s coast were holdouts during the tamil resistance, and saw heavy fighting. the people who remained, like the landscape itself, bear heavy scars. this was a conflict that left more than 80,000 women widowed. anthony: well, the whole island is very quiet; i mean i did not see shops filled with people or children playing in the yards or people in fields. it felt very, very, very quiet. is that a good quiet or a bad quiet? gowrie: so it s an area that has been severely depopulated, as you would have noticed when you came here. anthony: now, when you say depopulated, people fled, people were killed, people were disappeared? [ speaking in foreign language ] lady with glasses: in 1991. prior to that, 22,000 people were residing here in this
refuge for syrians fleeing the barrel bombs of president assad on one hand, and the predations of isis on the other. the camp saw heavy fighting, shelling, and outright massacres during the religious conflict known as the lebanese civil war. everywhere, you see posters representing a full menu of political factions and affiliations from assad loyalists, to the plo, to every flavor of extremist. man: it s either a jihad, a victory, or martyrism. anthony: do you know of any other place in the region where all of these groups are coexisting within a confined space? nick: it is stunning to be walking down the street with high heels, short skirts, and vast amounts of red wine flowing. and then drive straight into an extraordinarily conservative, predominantly shia district or, you know, the hezbollah district, which is effectively run by what the us calls a terrorist organization. it s kind of, and it s kind of mind-blowing.
during the tamil resistance, and saw heavy fighting. the people who remained, like the landscape itself, bare heavy scars. this was a conflict that left more than 80,000 women widowed. anthony: well, the whole island is very quiet; i mean i did not see shops filled with people or children playing in the yards or people in fields. it felt very, very, very quiet. is that a good quiet or a bad quiet? gowrie: so it s an area that has been severely depopulated, as you would have noticed when you came here. anthony: now, when you say depopulated, people fled, people were killed, people were disappeared? [ speaking in foreign language ] lady with glasses: in 1991. prior to that, 22,000 people were residing here in this village. gowrie: within three hours, in 1991, the entire area was evacuated of its population.