Syrian families flee to Lebanon after violence

It is believed that at least 6,000 Syrians crossed the Lebanon neighbor in recent days to escape violence in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus.

The area is a strength of the former president expelled from Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and hundreds of civilians have been killed there by the security forces of the new government.

The BBC Beirut correspondent, Carine Torbey, is in such a Bireh, a alawite border village in Lebanon, where the Syrians have found refuge.