Weekly Campaign to Expel Syrian Ambassador Launched in Tripoli
A demonstration was held on Friday by a number of Syrian refugees and Lebanese nationals in the northern city of Tripoli in support of the Syrian revolution, reported the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Saturday.
It added that they launched a weekly campaign to expel the Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali in protest against “the massacres being committed in Syria.”
Sheikh Ahmed al-Sifyani, who spoke at the rally, demanded the expulsion of the “criminal ambassador”, thanking the residents of Tripoli for their support for the Syrian people.
The head of the Tahrir Party, Walid Darniqa, who was present at the demonstration, called for the suspension of all security agreements between Lebanon and Syria, urging security forces against persecuting Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the party’s media officer Ahmed al-Qasas denied that the party had organized Friday’s demonstration, saying that it does not support Darniqa’s statements.
Some 22,000 Syrians have fled to Lebanon to escape the Syrian regime’s crackdown against the revolt that began in March 2011 and left some 15,000 dead.
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