Crowds vent at Syria in Beirut funeral
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BEIRUT -- The funeral for an anti-Syrian lawmaker killed by a car bomb swelled yesterday to tens of thousands of mourners, who angrily blamed the Damascus government and its ally Hezbollah for the latest political killing in Lebanon.
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops.
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There is widespread disgust at the murder of an anti-Syrian Lebanese MP in Beirut on the eve of a key vote.
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Lebanon was marking the second anniversary of Rafik al-Hariri's assassination on Wednesday and anti-Syrian leaders have called for a mass rally to commemorate the killing despite deadly bus bombings.
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World leaders reacted swiftly this afternoon to condemn the assassination of the Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, a critic of Syria who was shot in his car on the outskirts of Beirut: Saad Hariri , ...Comment
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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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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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Police fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse angry Sunni Muslims today after thousands of mourners joined the funeral of a prominent pro-Taliban cleric gunned down on a busy Karachi street.
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Mourners at funeral of anti-Syrian MP killed in bomb blast chant slogans against Syrian president.
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BEIRUT -- In an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger, mourners shouted "Syria Out!" as they crowded Beirut's streets yesterday to bury their former prime minister, Rafik Hariri. Lebanon's pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud, stayed away, warned not to come by Hariri supporters who blame his government and Damascus for his death.
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Lebanon mourned on Thursday an anti-Syrian member of parliament whose assassination plunged the country deeper into crisis and threatened to derail efforts to elect a new president.
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Thousands of Lebanese marched through the streets of the capital as they buried former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in a raucous display of the depth of their anger and unity against those they blame for his assassination, the governments of Lebanon and Syria.
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Thousands lined the streets of Beirut Friday to honor Antoine Ghanem, the anti-Syrian Lebanese MP and Christian Maronite killed in a powerful bomb blast along with four others.
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Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese gathered in central Beirut on Wednesday to remember Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the former premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.
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Large crowds greet the body of murdered Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel in his home village.
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Around 300,000 Lebanese waving flags and blue balloons demonstrated in Beirut on Wednesday to honor Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the ex-premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.
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Lebanese mourned their slain ex-premier Tuesday with noisy street processions, while the country's interior minister suggested a suicide bomber aided by "international parties" may have been behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri.