Content tagged with “violence”
The killing this week of Lebanese television cameraman Ali Shaaban by Syrian forces sent a chilling message to Lebanon and caused a national uproar. While he was on an assignment in the northern town...
Tags: Syria, Security, violence, uprising, LAF As women across the world take a moment to celebrate their numerous achievements in human rights, women in Lebanon continue to fight for theirs in an unrelenting patriarchal society. An alarming...
Tags: women, Sectarianism, violence, International Women's Day, abuse The inner streets of Tripoli, the capital of northern Lebanon, bear witness to the poverty and deprivation that inhabit the homes of its residents, as well as the sense of alarm as the Syrian...
Tags: violence, Tripoli, religious relations Two shootings of Fatah officials in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Hilweh in southern Lebanon this month brought back memories of violence in the camps, which resulted in a three-month battle...
Tags: violence, refugees Walking in Hamra, one of Beirut's liveliest neighborhoods, one can't but notice both the vibrancy of the city's revived nightlife spot as well as the troubling presence of Syrian-affiliated Syrian...
Tags: Syria, violence, SSNP, Hamra 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 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 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 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 
