LEBANON: Gunfire in Syria is heard on the Lebanese side of border amid reports of clashes in Syrian village of Tel Kelakh

Record ID: 279206

  • Title: LEBANON: Gunfire in Syria is heard on the Lebanese side of border amid reports of clashes in Syrian village of Tel Kelakh
  • Date: 16th May 2011
  • Summary: REFUGEES WAITING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED REFUGEE, SAYING: "People are being killed in our village of Tel Kelakh, children and women and men are being taken from their homes. They are killing the elderly people." MORE OF REFUGEES FROM SYRIA GATHERED TO HEAR FROM FAMILY ON THE SYRIAN SIDE
  • Embargoed: 31st May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Lebanon, Lebanon
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8RIX7YCDMJ386Z34BC7RDVEMO
  • Story Text: Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon on Saturday gathered in an unofficial border town of Wadi Khaled on the Lebanese side on Sunday (May 15) to meet more refugees arriving from Syria to listen to the news of loved ones who remain in Syria.
    On Saturday, hundreds of Syrians from Tel Kelakh fled into Lebanon saying there had been fighting in their village.
    Activists and witnesses said Syrian troops and gunmen backed by armour had entered Tel Kelakh in Homs province on Saturday, a day after a protest in the town called for Assad's removal.
    Fleeing residents reported seeing soldiers and black-clad gunmen loyal to Assad, and said they heard the sound of machine gun fire.
    "People are being killed in our village of Tel Kelakh, children and women and men are being taken from their homes. They are killing the elderly people," said one woman, who fled on Saturday (May 15).
    Assad has tried a mix of reforms and repression to stamp out the dissent, but with neither protesters nor government breaking the deadlock after two months of unrest, authorities announced on Friday plans for a "national dialogue", as security forces killed up to nine protesters across Syria, human rights campaigners said.
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