There is no independent verification of the claims about the fighting because reporters are not allowed into the war zone.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

A lot of people here think of Lebanon as the Middle East, as like a war zone.

许多人把黎巴嫩当成中东，就好像一个战区一样。

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and be like "Oh, well, I was in a war zone, and I fought for you."

就像“噢，我去了战区，我为你战斗。”

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It will be on the agenda again when he visits Pakistan later in the week, before heading into the war zone itself.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

they get surprised, I guess, because it's a war zone.

他们感到惊讶，因为是战区。

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Independent verification of the fighting is not possible because journalists are barred from the war zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

The United Nations estimates that about 150,000 civilians are trapped in the war zone.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

But Bangkok is looking and sounding increasingly like a war zone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona says that the Tamil Tigers are deliberately not allowing civilians to leave the war zone and are using them as a buffer against attacks by the military.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

At one point,there were as many as 300 people a day being deported through Juarez, which has gained a reputation as the most dangerous city in the world outside a war zone.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The government's outright rejection for a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels came a day after the European Union said the situation of civilians trapped in the war zone is dangerous and called for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17