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When Iraqi teenager Nihad Rahim was allowed to accompany his truck-driver father, Ayad, on a trip to Beirut, it was supposed to be a reward for passing his school exams. But instead of being a break from his war-torn homeland, Nihad and his father have become caught up in a border crisis between Beirut and Damascus that has left hundreds of truckers stranded for a week on a remote seven-mile no man’s land between the Lebanese and Syrian customs posts. Full Story