Tag: Beirut
Russia air raids, regime strikes in Syria kill at least 21: monitor
Beirut, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Attacks by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and air raids by his ally Russia killed at least 21 ...Lebanon tycoon forgoes PM job under protest pressure
Beirut, Nov 17 (AFP/APP): Lebanon’s former finance minister has backed down from becoming the protest-hit country’s new prime minister, after reports of ...Lebanon protesters angered by new PM pick
Beirut, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Lebanese protesters demanding radical reform have reacted with anger to the reported designation of a new prime minister ...Man shot dead as Lebanese army disperse protesters
Beirut, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): A man was shot dead south of Beirut after the army opened fire to disperse protesters blocking roads, ...Lebanese banks, schools shut as protesters push on
Beirut, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): Banks and schools in Lebanon were closed on Tuesday as protesters tried to prevent employees from clocking in ...Lebanon protesters clamour for citizenship
Beirut, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): Draped in the Lebanese flag, 22-year-old Dana is bursting with pride at taking part in Lebanon’s “revolution” — ...Students take to Lebanon streets as protests grow
Beirut, Nov 7 (AFP/APP): Thousands of students took to the streets across Lebanon Thursday to demand a better future as anti-government protests ...Russian air strike kills six civilians in Syria
Beirut, Nov 2 (AFP/APP): An air strike Saturday by key Damascus ally Russia killed six civilians including a child in the embattled ...Roads blocked in Lebanon as protests enter third week
Beirut, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): Demonstrators kept up their roadblocks across Lebanon on Thursday, as their unprecedented protest movement demanding systemic political change ...Helicopter fire on IS-linked fighters
Beirut, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where “groups linked to the Islamic ...
