Beirut shelter rarely empties as crises continue driving people there
High in the mountains above Beirut, in the village of Aintoura, a former school has taken on a very different purpose. Classrooms no longer hold lessons; they now hold families driven from their homes.
Inside, Omar Toni Azar works alongside his mother and father to manage the shelter they set up there. It resembles a family enterprise in one sense only: they do the work without pay.
"There are around 160 people here now," Omar told RTÉ News.
"I hope there will not be more, because some rooms are divided between two, three,…