Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel's funeral
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Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
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Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the building of the Lebanese general security at the border with Syria doubting the credibility of the report by the Lebanese authorities on the death of Ismail Muhammad al-Khatib suspected to be a member in al-Qaida
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Family, colleagues and supporters marched Friday in a mass funeral procession for a slain Lebanese lawmaker
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Mourners wept and showered rice Wednesday on the coffin of a slain government minister who opposed Syrian influence in this divided nation, as his supporters mobilized for a massive show of force at his funeral in the capital, Beirut.
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After overnight riots, thousands of people in Lebanon staged a protest following the death in custody of a suspected Al-Qaeda activist arrested for alleged bomb plots against Western embassies.
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Hundreds of Lebanese mourners pressed on Wednesday to touch the coffin of minister Pierre Gemayel whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Syria, stoked fears of more killings and a surge in factional violence.
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Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri
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BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of people flocked to Baabda Presidential Palace Sunday, in a huge and popular show of support for President Emile Lahoud over his three-year mandate extension that was decided by Parliament on Friday.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah holds a mass funeral for its assassinated commander Imad Moughniyah, one of the United States' most wanted men, in Beirut on Thursday to calls of revenge against its sworn enemy Israel.
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Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 23 -- Allies of a slain Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel transformed his funeral into protest, pulpit and show of force Thursday, as tens of thousands surged into downtown Beirut to vent their anger against a Syrian government they blamed for his assassination and to press demands at the heart of a crisis as pronounced as any since the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war....
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After overnight riots, hundreds of Lebanese staged a protest in this border town Tuesday over the death in custody of a suspected Al-Qaeda leader arrested over bomb plots against Western embassies.
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Supporters marched in a funeral procession for a slain Lebanese lawmaker, a victim of a campaign that the countryâs anti-Syrian faction accuses Damascus of orchestrating.
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Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese flooded downtown Beirut on Thursday to mourn a slain Christian politician and vent anger at Syria, gearing up for a potentially explosive fight over power with the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and other allies of Damascus.
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Thousands of Lebanese chanting  anti-Syrian slogans flooded into streets around the home of  slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday amid  mounting U.S.-led pressure on Syria to get out of Lebanon.
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They wept, threw rice and turned Beirut's streets into a sea of grief. But a bitter surge of anti-Syrian sentiment rippled through vast crowds at Rafik al-Hariri's funeral.
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Lebanon begins three days of mourning for the assassinated Maronitwe Christian leader Pierre Gemayel.