TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The owners of gas stations in the northern villages of the Wadi Khaled border region blocked the main road leading to the area Monday to protest a UNHCR decision.
The United Nations refugee agency delivers diesel and other fuels to Syrian refugees in the area as part of its humanitarian aid mission.
But recently, the agency and its partners decided to stop buying fuel from local gas stations and moved the delivery points to outside the area.
The move angered the gas station owners, who pledged not to allow any employee of the U.N. or its partner organizations to enter the area until the decision was reversed.
They said the measure was unfair both to them and to the Syrian families who will have to go outside the area to receive fuel.
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