Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Patriarch calls for dialogue after Syrian crosses into Lebanon

Country's security and political situation tested after clash in coastal city of Tripoli

Ahmad Sadek, a 13-year-old Syrian boy, receives medical treatment from a nurse in a government hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon, June 4. Omar Ibrahim / CNS.
The B.C. Catholic features a story from Catholic News Service's Doreen Abi Raad about Labanon's political and security situation affter Syrian forces clashed in the city of Tripoli:
Warning that Lebanon is going through a critical juncture, Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Rai called for national dialogue to address the security and political situation in the country.

During his June 3 homily at Bkerke, just north of Beirut, the patriarch condemned the previous day's clashes in the northern coastal city of Tripoli between Sunni groups opposing Syrian President Bashar Assad and Alawites who support the Syrian leader. At least 14 people died and more than 50 were wounded.
Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.
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