Despair and dread grip Syrian refugees on election’s eve

A Syrian refugee child who fled the violence from the Syrian town of Flita, near Yabroud, poses for a photograph at the border town of Arsal, in the eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah

ANJAR Lebanon (Reuters) - A little over a week ago, Syrian refugees began to notice men going around the camps in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, asking who wanted to vote for president and taking down names.

The men identified themselves as members of a Lebanese political party allied to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.