Don’t get your sources in Syria tortured or killed

Because foreign journalists have been virtually banned from Syria during the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, news coverage has relied heavily on citizen journalists and international reporters working with sources inside the country. Syrians who communicate with foreign news media run the risk of being threatened, detained, tortured, or even killed. (more…)

UN concerned over Syria violence spillover into Lebanon

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Monday that violence in Syria could spill over into neighboring Lebanon and reiterated fears it could also develop into a full-blown civil war. (more…)

Beirut tense after violent clashes linked to Syrian unrest

Lebanon’s capital was badly shaken Monday after a night of fighting in which factions for and against the embattled president of neighboring Syria clashed, stoking fears that Syrian unrest could spark serious violence here.
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Thousands attend the funeral of killed Lebanese cleric

Mourners fired guns in the air as thousands poured into the streets Monday in northern Lebanon for the funeral of a Sunni Muslim cleric, whose killing sparked intense clashes in Beirut and raised fears the crisis in Syria was spilling across the border. (more…)

Berjawi: No one can force us out of Tariq al-Jedideh

Arab Movement Party leader Shaker al-Berjawi said on Monday that “no one can force us out of Tariq al-Jedideh,” a day after clashes in the Beirut neighborhood left two people dead and 18 wounded. (more…)

Higher Islamic Council: Wahid, Merheb were assassinated

The Higher Islamic Council branded on Monday the murder of Sheikh Ahmed Abdel Wahid and his companion Sheikh Mohammed Merheb on Sunday as an assassination, according to a statement issued after a meeting at Dar al-Fatwa . The council demanded (more…)

Turkey Foils Kidnapping Of Syria’s FSA Chief

Turkish authorities foiled a plan to kidnap the rebel Free Syrian Army’s founder and chief from a refugee camp, Milliyet reported.

Two Turks were collaborating with a Syrian spy to abduct Riad al-Asaad, a former colonel in President Bashar al-Assad’s army who fled to Turkey and started an opposition force, (more…)

Army tanks on Beirut streets after clashes over Syria

A  tense calm prevailed Monday across the Lebanese capital following overnight clashes between pro and anti-Syrian Sunni-Muslim groups, which left two people dead and 18 injured, the state-run Lebanese News agency said.

Troops backed by tanks were deployed across the city (more…)

Syrian activists claim Six Assad Officials Killed

The Syrian activist opposition group, the Local Coordination Committee, is claiming that six high-ranking officials of President Bashar al-Assad inner circle have been killed by the rebel forces.

The regime is saying that such reports are “baseless.” One of those killed is reportedly Assef Shawkat, the head of Syrian intelligence and Assad’s brother-in-law. (more…)

9 wounded in Beirut protests against murder of cleric

Protesters blocked several roads on Sunday all across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, to to protest against the murder of Sheikh Ahmed Abdel Wahid.

Sheikh Abdel Wahid was killed at an army checkpoint in the Akkar town of al-Kweikhat on Sunday . (more…)