Iraqis stranded in Lebanon urge Iraqi gov’t help to return home

Iraqis stranded in Lebanon urge Iraqi gov’t help to return home

Hundreds of Iraqis stranded in Lebanon are calling on their government to provide a safe mechanism to return them after exhausting their options there. The government in Baghdad has not yet announced any plans regarding the stranded citizens.  Most of them arrived in Lebanon for medical treatment, study or tourism. Dozens of those stranded protested in front of the Iraqi embassy in Beirut in an effort to pressure their government to work on retu…