Anti-regime and pro-regime protests for Syria held in downtown Beirut

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A protest in support of the Syrian revolution and another in support of the Syrian regime were held on Saturday afternoon in Beirut, the National News Agency reported.

The protest in support of the Syrian revolution was held in Martyrs’ Square in Downtown Beirut, the report said, adding that protesters called for freedom and justice and chanted for overthrowing the Syrian regime.

National Struggle Front bloc MP Akram Chehayeb, March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soueid, Deputy Head of the Future Movement Antoine Andraous as well as Lebanese activists and media figures attended the protest.

The NNA added that the protest in support of the Syrian regime was held in Al-Debbas Square in Downtown Beirut.

Syria has witnessed anti-regime protests since mid-March 2011. The United Nations estimated that more than 8,000 people have been killed in the regime’s crackdown on dissent.

Lebanon’s political scene is split between supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, led by Hezbollah, and the pro-Western March 14 camp.

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10 responses to “Anti-regime and pro-regime protests for Syria held in downtown Beirut”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    How about a protest for electricity ????

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      NOOOOOO Syria is more important! It is sisterly… lol

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    How about a protest for electricity ????

    1. NOOOOOO Syria is more important! It is sisterly… lol

  3. Hannibal Avatar

    TO YALIBNAN staff: Please add articles regarding the LIRA: Lebanese Internet Regulation Act so we may discuss its implications on Freedom of Speech in Lebanon… Those who are in power are turning Lebanon into a police state not unlike our next door neighbor Syria. I wish Mr. Ghassan Karam would enlighten the public with an article regarding the LIRA. Act before it is too late. Free Lebanon Army (FLA).

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      And find out why it only works sometimes … at the slowest speed of any in the world.

  4. TO YALIBNAN staff: Please add articles regarding the LIRA: Lebanese Internet Regulation Act so we may discuss its implications on Freedom of Speech in Lebanon… Those who are in power are turning Lebanon into a police state not unlike our next door neighbor Syria.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      And find out why it only works sometimes … at the slowest speed of any in the world.

  5. why on earth they let them protest in beirut one with and the other against is not enought we have to coup with there shit send them both back to syria and let them protest over there they want let the lebanese protest yet the let outsider to do so

  6. why on earth they let them protest in beirut one with and the other against is not enought we have to coup with there shit send them both back to syria and let them protest over there they want let the lebanese protest yet the let outsider to do so

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