BBC | Jim Muir | August 5, 2011
Tens of thousands of people have protested across Syria, days after the bloody crackdown on the city of Hama where the opposition had taken control.
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SYRIA: Syria Violence: New Protests After Crackdown in Hama
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Lebanon, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Russia, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, Protesters, Russia, security fforces, Syria, Syrian unrest, targeted death, Targeted Injury, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 5, 2011 |
SYRIA: Hama Tank Assault Kills 45 Civilians – Activist
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, India, Lebanon, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, Lebanon, Middle-East, Protesters, refugees, security forces, shelling, snipers, Syrian unrest, Turkey, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 4, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Oweis | August 4, 2011
At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to occupy the centre of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule.
LEBANON: Lebanon Army Deploys in Tripoli After Seven Die
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Grenade, Gunfire, Lebanon, Middle-East, Military, Protesters, Uncategorized, tagged civilian death, civilian deaths, Islam, Lebanon, Middle-East, sunnis, Syria, Syrian unrest on June 18, 2011 |
AFP | June 18, 2011
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Soldiers deployed in force in Lebanon’s main northern city Tripoli Saturday after seven people were killed in clashes between Alawites and Sunnis over a rally against the Syrian government.
ISRAEL: Gunfire erupts along Lebanon-Israeli border: army
Posted in Body Count, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Israel, Lebanon, Middle-East, Rocket, tagged border, civilian injuries, Gunfire, Israel, Lebanon, rockets on August 3, 2010 |
Source: Agence France-Presse
Date: 03 Aug 2010
ADAYSSEH, Lebanon — Lebanese and Israeli soldiers exchanged rocket and gunfire on Tuesday along the tense border between the two countries leaving two people injured on the Lebanese side, Lebanese army and security officials told AFP. (more…)
LEBANON: Worker killed, another injured by old Lebanon ordnance
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Lebanon, Middle-East, tagged Bomb, civilian death, civilian wounded, Lebanon, unexploded ordance on March 6, 2010 |
By AFP
BEIRUT — A Syrian construction worker was killed and another injured on Saturday when a bomb likely left over from Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war exploded, an army spokesman told AFP. (more…)
