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LEBANON: KURDISH- ARMENIAN TENSIONS DUE TO SYRIA CRISIS
ANSAmed - Italy
October 31, 2011 Monday 6:56 PM CET
(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, 31 OCT - Tension is rising on the edge of Beirut,
in the Armenian majority district of Burj Hammud, where in recent
days many Kurdish-Syrian immigrant workers have been evicted from
homes due to pressure from the main Armenian party, an ally of the
Shiite pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement.
Lebanese political and security sources, quoted today by the pan-Arab
television station, Al Arabiya and the Lebanese English language
newspaper, The Daily Star, said that dozens of Kurds been expelled
by their Armenian landlords, at the request of Tashnag, the Armenian
party that is a member of the majority coalition led by Hezbollah,
which is close to the Syrian Assad regime.
In a growing climate of intimidation for anyone in Beirut expressing
disagreement with the repression in underway in neighbouring Syria,
Kurdish-Syrian activists in recent weeks have been the most tenacious
in challenging, the deployment of forces security and pro-Damascus
regime loyalists outside the Syrian embassy in Beirut.
Hagop Pakradounian, a member of the Tashnag approached by the Daily
Star, denied any link between the political situation and the tension
in Burj Hammud, saying that the evictions were due to the recent
increase in incidents of crime involving foreign workers who crowd
the many apartments of the east Beirut neighborhood.
For his part, Mahmoud Siyala, president of a Kurdish-Lebanese charity,
said he did not want to "talk about politics ", saying only that
"many Kurdish families are in danger of being evicted due to a few
common criminals."
From: A. Papazian
ANSAmed - Italy
October 31, 2011 Monday 6:56 PM CET
(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, 31 OCT - Tension is rising on the edge of Beirut,
in the Armenian majority district of Burj Hammud, where in recent
days many Kurdish-Syrian immigrant workers have been evicted from
homes due to pressure from the main Armenian party, an ally of the
Shiite pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement.
Lebanese political and security sources, quoted today by the pan-Arab
television station, Al Arabiya and the Lebanese English language
newspaper, The Daily Star, said that dozens of Kurds been expelled
by their Armenian landlords, at the request of Tashnag, the Armenian
party that is a member of the majority coalition led by Hezbollah,
which is close to the Syrian Assad regime.
In a growing climate of intimidation for anyone in Beirut expressing
disagreement with the repression in underway in neighbouring Syria,
Kurdish-Syrian activists in recent weeks have been the most tenacious
in challenging, the deployment of forces security and pro-Damascus
regime loyalists outside the Syrian embassy in Beirut.
Hagop Pakradounian, a member of the Tashnag approached by the Daily
Star, denied any link between the political situation and the tension
in Burj Hammud, saying that the evictions were due to the recent
increase in incidents of crime involving foreign workers who crowd
the many apartments of the east Beirut neighborhood.
For his part, Mahmoud Siyala, president of a Kurdish-Lebanese charity,
said he did not want to "talk about politics ", saying only that
"many Kurdish families are in danger of being evicted due to a few
common criminals."
From: A. Papazian