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ONE person died and more than 200 protesters were injured in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, on Wednesday during the third day of demonstrations against poverty during the country’s coronavirus lockdown. Omar Tayba, 29, who sustained a bullet wound on Wednesday night, died in hospital as the protests met with a brutal response from the authorities. Clashes were broadcast live on television after hundreds of people took to the streets of Lebanon’s second-largest city, angry at a lack of economic...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read BEIRUT/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces clashed for the third night with protesters in Tripoli angry about a coronavirus lockdown, with witnesses and local media reporting that riot police fired live bullets as protesters tried to storm the city’s government building. Slideshow ( 5 images ) Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who threw stones, hurled Molotov cocktails and lit a car on fire, a witness and police said. Dozens w...

BEIRUT: The closure and curfew period in Lebanon has been extended for two more weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), prompting people in Tripoli, Beirut, and Sidon to take to the streets. The protests were spontaneous, considering that the neighborhoods from which they started are poor, where the residents work for daily wages. The Minister of Social Affairs and Tourism in the caretaker government Ramzi Musharrafieh said on Tuesday that “230,000 families in Leban...

BEIRUT, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Five protesters and three members of the Internal Security Forces were injured on Monday in Tripoli, the largest city in northern Lebanon, when protests triggered clashes. Protesters gathered near the headquarter of Tripoli government to demonstrate against the ongoing lockdown in the country, then started to throw stones at security forces, which caused the injury of three security officers. The riot police responded by firing tear gas and using batons to d...

UN warns of increasing assassinations in Syria’s al-Hol camp The entrance of the sprawling al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province. (Photo: Archive) Reports of escalating violence at Al Hol are of urgent concern. The vast majority in Al Hol are women and children, who fled to the camp seeking protection and assistance. Residents and humanitarians alike must be protected. “Disturbing events indicate an increasingly untenable security environment at Al Hol,” said Im...

The Asayish said they secured the exit of a new group of 31 families from Al Hol to the Hasakah region and its countryside.

Tired, stressed and scared, doctors and nurses in Beirut plead with the public to help reduce case numbers

New Leaks Show How British Spies Infiltrate And Undermine Lebanons Security Services In December documents of a different secret program revealed similar British efforts in Lebanon. These were designed to influence certain liberal youth groups in preparation for a color revolution that would overthrow the Lebanese government. A new set of documents, just recently published, shows British efforts to influence and infiltrate the security forces of Lebanon. These programs are coordinated with Cana...

Lebanon in Lockdown: Covid-19 Cases Soar to 5,872 With 41 New Deaths Published January 17th, 2021 - 08:15 GMT Under the new measures, non-essential workers are barred from leaving their homes, and supermarkets are supposed to operate delivery services only. JOSEPH EID / AFP Lebanon registered 5,872 new coronavirus cases Saturday, and 41 further deaths with hospitals around the country filling up as the impact of the virus uncontrollable spread surfaces. Among the newly recorded cases, o...

Pro-government troops, local Kurdish forces make counter-arrests amid rising tensions in north Syria    2021/01/06 19:21 A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) in the northern Syrian city of Qamishlo. (Photo: Archive) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Tensions continue to escalate between Syrian pro-government forces and local Internal Security Forces (Asayish) after the Syrian regime arrested several individuals in late December over alleged affiliation to the local K...