Content tagged with “protests”
The Syrian uprising has split Lebanon into supporters and opponents of the Assad regime, with each side betting on its most favorable outcome. At Martyr's Square in downtown Beirut, home to the Cedar...
Tags: Lebanon, Special Tribunal, protests, Bashar Assad, bomb Tensions between Lebanon's two political camps have peaked since the release of the Special Tribunal indictments, leading to clashes in Beirut and a major security violation in the South. French...
Tags: Lebanon, United Nations, protests, violence, UNFIL Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's call for dialogue this week fell on deaf ears, as the two major political coalitions, March 8 and March 14, refused to come together for talks. While Hezbollah's...
Tags: Governance, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Hariri, Syria, protests The Syrian regime is struggling to contain the ongoing protests in various towns across the country, but none are as challenging to it as Hama, a city of almost a million people that is now out of...
Tags: Syria, protests, violence, uprising, Bashar Assad As Palestinian refugees and Syrians marched towards the Israeli border at the Golan Heights, marking the 1967 Naksa Day, the Lebanese border nearby witnessed an odd calm. Commemorating the 1948 Nakba...
Tags: Hezbollah, Syria, Israel, protests, Turkey, violence, Palestinians, refugees, Kurds The tides may be turning against the Syrian regime as it starts to lose its friends, both regionally and internationally. As the Syrian revolution enters its third month, with the death toll...
Tags: Democracy, Hezbollah, Syria, protests, United States, sanctions, Turkey, European Union The Syrian government has intensified in recent days its brutal crackdown on the protesters calling for regime change, most notably in the town of Talkalakh near the Lebanese border. From shelling of...
Tags: Syria, protests, violence, refugees Last Sunday's commemoration of the Day of the Nakba, denoting the uprooting of Palestinians from Israel, turned bloody in South Lebanon. In past years, the day of commemoration was marked by rallies...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Israel, protests, corruption, arrests, uprising, Palestinians The death toll in Syria's uprising has risen to 750 civilians since the protests began in March. According to human rights groups, around 10,000 Syrians have been arrested -- nearly all of them are...
Tags: Human Rights, senate, United Nations, Syria, protests, sanctions, violence 
