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Saudi Arabia, UAE tell nationals to leave Lebanon as Syrians targeted
August 15, 2012
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Dozens of Syrians
were kidnapped and Syrian-owned shops vandalized in Beirut on Wednesday,
reports said, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE told their citizens to
leave Lebanon in the face of threats.
The violence erupted on the streets of Beirut after unconfirmed reports that several Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were taken hostage in Syria in May had been killed.Rioters have also cut off the road leading to Beirut international airport, setting fire to tires, while an Air France flight was forced to divert to Amman because of the insecurity.One rioter at the roadblocks issued a warning against Qataris and Saudis, an AFP journalist said.Saudi Arabia, which is opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, told its citizens to leave immediate after "clear threats against them," Lebanon's National News Agency said.The United Arab Emirates issued a similar warning, with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan tweeting: "Unfortunately, the situation is very dangerous."The spokesperson of a Shiite Lebanese clan said it had kidnapped 33 Syrians in Beirut and the eastern Bekaa valley, including a rebel Free Syrian Army captain who was being treated for an injury in a hospital.It also kidnapped a Turkish man, said spokesperson Hatem al-Moqdad, adding that the abductions were "to demand the liberation of our 40-year-old relative Hassan, who was kidnapped in Syria yesterday.""Tomorrow the number may rise to 50, because it is the only way to save the life of Hassan," he said. "And those who ordered his kidnapping will pay dearly."Conflict in neighboring Syria has often spilled over into Lebanon with cross-border shootings, shelling by the Syrian army, tit-for-tat kidnappings and sectarian clashes between groups which are divided over the revolt.
Lebanon's sectarian make-up has Shiites mainly supporting Assad's regime, and Sunnis supporting the insurgents.Dozens of other Syrians were also kidnapped in a southern suburb of Beirut, according to NNA, after unverified reports were broadcast claiming several Lebanese kidnapped in Syria in May were killed in an air strike in the northern town of Aazaz on Wednesday.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, seven of the 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims were wounded, but none was killed.-AFP
The violence erupted on the streets of Beirut after unconfirmed reports that several Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were taken hostage in Syria in May had been killed.Rioters have also cut off the road leading to Beirut international airport, setting fire to tires, while an Air France flight was forced to divert to Amman because of the insecurity.One rioter at the roadblocks issued a warning against Qataris and Saudis, an AFP journalist said.Saudi Arabia, which is opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, told its citizens to leave immediate after "clear threats against them," Lebanon's National News Agency said.The United Arab Emirates issued a similar warning, with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan tweeting: "Unfortunately, the situation is very dangerous."The spokesperson of a Shiite Lebanese clan said it had kidnapped 33 Syrians in Beirut and the eastern Bekaa valley, including a rebel Free Syrian Army captain who was being treated for an injury in a hospital.It also kidnapped a Turkish man, said spokesperson Hatem al-Moqdad, adding that the abductions were "to demand the liberation of our 40-year-old relative Hassan, who was kidnapped in Syria yesterday.""Tomorrow the number may rise to 50, because it is the only way to save the life of Hassan," he said. "And those who ordered his kidnapping will pay dearly."Conflict in neighboring Syria has often spilled over into Lebanon with cross-border shootings, shelling by the Syrian army, tit-for-tat kidnappings and sectarian clashes between groups which are divided over the revolt.
Lebanon's sectarian make-up has Shiites mainly supporting Assad's regime, and Sunnis supporting the insurgents.Dozens of other Syrians were also kidnapped in a southern suburb of Beirut, according to NNA, after unverified reports were broadcast claiming several Lebanese kidnapped in Syria in May were killed in an air strike in the northern town of Aazaz on Wednesday.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, seven of the 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims were wounded, but none was killed.-AFP
Up to 2.5 million Syrians in need, UN aid chief says
UN humanitarian
chief Valerie Amos highlighted Wednesday the increasingly precarious
humanitarian situation in Syria after meeting officials to lobby for
access for more international aid workers.
"Our assessment at the end of March was that a million people needed help," she told the BBC, adding that the number may now be as high as 2.5 million people in need of aid in Syria.That number includes thousands who have taken up shelter in schools, public buildings and private residences, according to aid officials and activists."I visited a number of schools right here in Damascus, which are housing people who have been displaced. Many of them have lost their homes," Amos said."Schools restart in September. It's not clear where they will go so that the children can actually restart their education."She emphasized that the UN agencies in Syria and their local partners could not handle the humanitarian crisis alone and that she would continue to lobby the government to allow in more aid workers and organizations.Damascus has dragged its heels in the past at the prospect of allowing non-governmental organizations into the country.There is the "possibility of allowing other international NGOs to operate in the country but the government is extremely concerned about those international NGOs possibility supporting what they call rebel groups," Amos said.
"My job is to try to persuade them that's not the case, that our job is to help ordinary Syrians."Amos, who is due to hold a news conference in Damascus on Thursday before heading to Lebanon, also urged the government and the rebels to end the conflict and to allow aid workers to move freely."We have to be able to get to everyone wherever they are," she said. "I hope the government and the opposition recognize that and allow us to get on with our job."In addition to those displaced within Syria, the UN says at least 157,600 people have fled to neighboring countries, based on those registered, while there are reports that many in conflict zones are suffering shortages of food, power and medical supplies.-AFP
"Our assessment at the end of March was that a million people needed help," she told the BBC, adding that the number may now be as high as 2.5 million people in need of aid in Syria.That number includes thousands who have taken up shelter in schools, public buildings and private residences, according to aid officials and activists."I visited a number of schools right here in Damascus, which are housing people who have been displaced. Many of them have lost their homes," Amos said."Schools restart in September. It's not clear where they will go so that the children can actually restart their education."She emphasized that the UN agencies in Syria and their local partners could not handle the humanitarian crisis alone and that she would continue to lobby the government to allow in more aid workers and organizations.Damascus has dragged its heels in the past at the prospect of allowing non-governmental organizations into the country.There is the "possibility of allowing other international NGOs to operate in the country but the government is extremely concerned about those international NGOs possibility supporting what they call rebel groups," Amos said.
"My job is to try to persuade them that's not the case, that our job is to help ordinary Syrians."Amos, who is due to hold a news conference in Damascus on Thursday before heading to Lebanon, also urged the government and the rebels to end the conflict and to allow aid workers to move freely."We have to be able to get to everyone wherever they are," she said. "I hope the government and the opposition recognize that and allow us to get on with our job."In addition to those displaced within Syria, the UN says at least 157,600 people have fled to neighboring countries, based on those registered, while there are reports that many in conflict zones are suffering shortages of food, power and medical supplies.-AFP
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