*Tripoli clashes injure 40 people, NNA reports *
The National News Agency reported on Saturday that the number of people
injured in recent Tripoli clashes has increased to 40, adding that rockets
fell on the Tripoli areas of Rifa, Qobba, Al-Chaarani and Al-Baqar.
In addition to the ten people killed during the clashes [which erupted on
Friday night], the total number of those wounded has increased to 40, two
of whom were injured by snipers gunfire that reached the surroundings
of Baddawi area, the report said.
Sectarian violence has flared on a number of occasions in Tripoli since the
revolt broke out in neighboring Syria in March last year, including deadly
street battles in May.
Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen have been gripped by frequent fighting,
reflecting a split between Lebanon's parties where the opposition backs the
revolt in Syria, while a ruling coalition led by Hezbollah supports the
Damascus regime.
*-NOW Lebanon*
June 2, 2012
Fresh sectarian clashes erupted between pro- and anti-Syrian districts
in the northern Lebanons Tripoli. (AFP photo/STR)
Clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime gunmen on Saturday killed at
least 10 people and wounded 31 others in the northern Lebanese city of
Tripoli, a security official said.
Among the dead were a woman and her son, killed by a rocket in the Bab
al-Tebbaneh district, a mostly Sunni Muslim community which supports
Syria's anti-regime opposition, the official said.
At least five were wounded in Jabal Mohsen, an area mainly populated by
pro-Damascus Alawites.
Sporadic gun and rocket fire broke out at midnight and continued through
the night, forcing some residents of the port city to flee their homes.
The army and police were later being deployed in Tripoli, the source said.
Sectarian violence has flared on a number of occasions in Tripoli since the
revolt broke out in neighboring Syria in March last year, including deadly
street battles in May.
Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen have been gripped by frequent fighting,
reflecting a split between Lebanon's parties where the opposition backs the
revolt in Syria while a ruling coalition led by Hezbollah supports the
Damascus regime.
*-AFP/NOW Lebanon*
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=404540#ixzz1wfj5Uzqg
-------------------------
Beyond Bashar Syrias Rebels are Facing far More Significant
Resistance<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/May-25/174611-beyond-bashar-syrias-rebels-are-facing-far-more-significant-resistance.ashx#ixzz1vtNTrl7c>Charles
Rizk outlines some of the economic and political interests that tie
Iran, Russia and China to Syria.
Daylight
Massacre<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2012/May-28/174810-daylight-massacre.ashx>Response
to the Houla events: If regional and world powers have any sense
of ethics or humanity, the least they could do is keep quiet and desist
from issuing empty statements.
---------------
Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Largest Protests Ever?
Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8:00
James Miller in Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, Aleppo, Bahrain, Bashar al-Assad,
Damascus, EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Kofi Annan, Middle East and
Iran, Navi Pillay, Saleh Abbas Habib, Syria, Turkey Fazil Say
*Homes burn as gunfire rocks the Khalidiyah district of Homs on Friday
night.*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2l8ES1ofY&feature=player_embedded*
**
**
*
See also Egypt Live Coverage: Former President Mubarak Learns His
Fate<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/6/2/egypt-live-coverage-former-president-mubarak-learns-his-fate.html>
Friday's Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Another Mass
Execution?<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/6/1/syria-and-beyond-live-coverage-another-mass-execution.html>
*
------------------------------
1943 GMT: *Lebanon.* The toll from today's clashes in Tripoli between
supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime has risen to nine
dead<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/02/us-lebanon-clashes-idUSBRE8510D020120602>and
42 wounded, according to residents and a doctor.
1919 GMT: *Syria.* The Local Co-ordination Committees of Syria has said
that 27 people
died<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1811584&l=3d5b595bcd&id=217848338242310>across
the country today, including 11 in Homs Province and eight in Idlib
Province.
A reporter for State TV, presenting live, is hit with a shoe by a man who
shouts, "The Syrian TV is a liar!".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42glpF-Z1NE&feature=player_embedded
1914 GMT: *Bahrain.* Another image from today's demonstrations marking the
40th day of the death of Saleh Abbas Habib, allegedly killed by security
forces --- the protesters are holding up images of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, the
detained human rights activist who recently ended a 110-day hunger strike:
<https://twitter.com/BH57/status/208990882119159808/photo/1/large>
1814 GMT: *Syria.* A demonstration in the Salaheddin area of Aleppo today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqE9uk55dLA&feature=player_embedded
1639 GMT: *Lebanon.* New clashes have erupted in Tripoli between pro- and
anti-Assad groups, security officials said, killing at least seven
people<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/seven-dead-in-syria-lebanon-clashes-16167484.html>and
injuring 22.
The fighting in Tripoli started shortly before midnight and intensified
today. Smoke was seen billowing from several apartments near Syria Street,
the split between the mainly Sunni Bab Tabbaneh neighbourhood and the
adjacent, Alawite-majority Jabal Mohsen. Gunmen were roaming the near-empty
area.
At least eight people were killed last month in fighting in Tripoli.
1633 GMT: *Turkey.* Fazil Say, an internationally-prominent classical and
jazz pianist and composer, has been
charged<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/world/europe/turkey-charges-pianist-fazil-say-over-twitter-posts.html>with
publicly insulting religious values that are adopted by a part of the
nation"in a series of Twitter messages.
A trial is scheduled to begin on 18 October, with Say facing up to 18
months in prison if convicted.
Some of the messages were written by Say, but one, which poked fun at an
Islamic vision of the afterlife, was written by someone else and passed
along by the pianist. Likening heavens promise of rivers of wine to a
tavern and of virgins to a brothel, it referred to a poem by the
11th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam.
A Twitter post by Say, joked about a muezzins rapid delivery of the call
to prayer, asking if he wanted to get away quickly for a drink.
The messages are no longer available on-line.
1614 GMT: *Syria.* United Nations envoy Kofi Annan has told a ministerial
meeting <http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=404485> in Doha,
"The specter of an all-out war with a worrying sectarian dimension grows by
the day." He continued:
*
The situation is complex and it takes everyone involved in the conflict to
act responsibly if the violence is to stop. But the first responsibility
lies in the Syrian government and President Assad.
*
Annan said he expressed his "deep concerns", saying the crisis is "at a
tipping point", to Assad during his visit to Damascus earlier this week:
*
I told Assad he must act now to implement all points of the plan, and must
make bold and visible steps immediately to radically change his military
posture and honor commitment to withdraw heavy weapons and cease all
violence.
*
Annan added that he told Assad to release detainees, open up the country to
international humanitarian aid, and allow people to express their opinion
freely.
At the meeting, Qatar urged Annan to set a
timeframe<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=404429>for
his peace mission, and asked the UN Security Council to apply Chapter
VII, which permits military intervention.
Meanwhile, activists said 19 people were
killed<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=404394>on
Saturday amid raids and shelling by regime forces across the country,
including Hamas, Homs Province, the Lattakia region, and the Damascus
suburbs.
1534 GMT: *Bahrain.* A march in Bilad Qadeem today to honour those who have
died in the uprising, notably Saleh Abbas, whose body was found on the eve
of April's Formula 1 Grand Prix:
<http://twitpic.com/9rzybf>
1523 GMT: *Syria.* "Hama Echo", the activist who posted troubling messages
this afternoon (see 1442 GMT), is fine, but the reports from Hama are far
from reassuring:
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
Raids are finished in most neighborhood of
#*Hama*<https://twitter.com/search/%23Hama>today. It was a massive
arrest campaign, where are they going to put these
detainees?
2 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho/statuses/208941246876631042>
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
The western part of #*Hama* <https://twitter.com/search/%23Hama> city is
facing a huge military and shabiha presence, raids and random arrest
campaign. #*Syria* <https://twitter.com/search/%23Syria>
2 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho/statuses/208941793662861316>
1442 GMT: *Syria.* A disturbing series of messages from an activist in
Hama an hour ago:
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
There's still a big raids and arrest campaign ongoing in
#*Hama*<https://twitter.com/search/%23Hama>city. So many armored cars,
BMP and shabiha everywhere.
#*Syria* <https://twitter.com/search/%23Syria>
2 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho/statuses/208907346146103296>
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
Around 200 people have been arrested so far in
#*Hama*<https://twitter.com/search/%23Hama>city today, mainly in Bab
Qibli and Ta'awounieh neighbourhoods.
#*Syria* <https://twitter.com/search/%23Syria>
2 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho/statuses/208910240798875649>
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
Raids focusing on the western area of the city. They are going street by
street so at least there is about 20 mins until they go here.
2 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho/statuses/208911393439752192>
Free Syrian (Sami) @*HamaEcho* <https://twitter.com/HamaEcho>
Now they have entered my street, one armored car and a truck. Observers are
in Hama suburbs so it's a good opportunity for the regime today.
2 Jun 12
1114 GMT: *Bahrain.* Claimed footage of police firing a tear gas canister
directly at a cameraman in Karzakan on Friday night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRtWut934UE&feature=player_embedded
1032 GMT: *Syria.* The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Navi Pillay has said that there should be no amnesty for serious
crimes<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SYRIA_DIPLOMACY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>,
even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to
cling to power.
Pillay said international leaders seeking peace may be drawn to
"politically expedient solutions which may involve amnesty or undertakings
not to prosecute", but she insited, "You cannot have amnesty for very
serious crimes. So my message is very clear --- there has to be
accountability."
1025 GMT: *Syria.* An image of the march in Aleppo on Friday:
<https://twitter.com/NuffSilence/status/208855001148297217/photo/1>
0702 GMT: *Syria.* A United Nations spokesperson said Friday that the UN's
observer mission is now at its "full
strength"<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=404237>of
nearly 300 monitors.
Kieran Dwyer said 297 monitors were in the country: "The number will
fluctuate. There will always be one or two coming in and one or two
leaving."
The UN Security Council authorised the mission for 90 days. The mandate
runs out on July 20.
0700 GMT: *Syria.* Protest last night in the Kafarsouseh section of
Damascus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvHZ28-dvA8&feature=player_embedded
0300 GMT: *Syria.* Yesterday was one of the most impressive protest days in
the 15 1/2-month conflict' many activists are calling it the most
impressive showing for peaceful demonstrations in Syrian history, with
rallies in more than 600 unique locations. Protests crossed ethnic,
sectarian, and religious lines. Some were very large, particularly in
Aleppo and Damascus, two key cities over which the Assad regime must
maintain control to survive.
Beyond the impressive videos of protests that we posted
yesterday<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/6/1/syria-and-beyond-live-coverage-another-mass-execution.html>,
activists collected over 900 clips which they have put on a
spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ApmYuUKngxu9dDlNUHU2V1J1V292MERuTGpuY21mR0E&output=html>and
will locate on a map later today. Here are three more examples: one
from the north, one from the south, and one in the centre of Syria, to give
a flavour of the day's gatherings.
A massive protest in Al
Bab<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215253448853172848529.0004c1743127c9bbfeb36&msa=0&ll=36.357163,37.691345&spn=1.546092,2.90863&iwloc=0004c174366d64abc40ae>,
Aleppo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-qSenvXpsYI
On the other side of the country, a demonstration in Al
Harak<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215253448853172848529.0004c1743127c9bbfeb36&msa=0&ll=32.7509,36.300888&spn=0.201832,0.363579&iwloc=0004c174312b12cefc601>,
Daraa province:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxWAGfndME&feature=player_embedded
Sumayya Saleh @*Sumayya92* <https://twitter.com/Sumayya92>
Massive protest in Latamne - hasn't
#*Assad*<https://twitter.com/search/%23Assad>realized by now that all
the killing will NOT stop the protests?!
#*Hama* <https://twitter.com/search/%23Hama>
youtube.com/watch?v=8XLeoW
<http://t.co/hWF901Zg>
1 Jun 12 <https://twitter.com/Sumayya92/statuses/208552191424868352>
- ***Reply*<https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=208552191424868352>
- ***Retweet*<https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=208552191424868352>
-
***Favorite*<https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=208552191424868352>
Every Friday has expressions of resistance, but yesterday felt even bigger
and more important. The protest movement is growing in Syria, in defiance
of the narratives of many Syrian experts. To re-iterate our end to Friday's
Live Coverage:
*
The trend is now established and clear. The protest movement has been
consistently growing in strength, and if it continues at this pace it poses
a serious risk to the Assad regime. Beyond the protests, the amount of
labor strikes, closed shops, sit ins, traffic disruptions, and general
chaos across Syria threatens to erode the economy at an increasingly rapid
pace.
The people of Syria have spoken yet again, in the clearest terms possible.
Popular support for Assad is rapidly shrinking, and an ever-growing throng
of voices are calling for the fall of the regime.
Will this fact collapse the regime on its own? No. However, it severely
weakens the regime, costing it both legitimacy and money, two resources
that the Assad regime is running out of. Without money, Assad may not be
able to carry on his crackdown much longer. Without legitimacy, Assad will
continue to suffer defections of both troops and government officials.
Without strength, the Assad regime will be less able to resist the military
forces that threaten it, both the FSA (which, granted, is far too weak to
legitimately oppose Assad right now) and any outside intervention that may
be down the pike.
*
Article originally appeared on EA WorldView (
http://www.enduringamerica.com/).
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com
laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
