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The Rejection
Leboneses security denies refugees from Syria. The wer trying to escape the violent crackdown by Assad's Ba'athist regime. -
US Target, Bashar al-Assad
The US is planning to target Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the first time by imposing sanctions against him in response to his brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests. -
The Clash
The Syrian village of Majd al-Shams was again the focal point with an estimated 1,000 Syrians and Palestinians surging to within 20 metres of the fenced off border over six hours. They threw stones and molotov cocktails at Israeli troops as snipers fired rubber-coated bullets and live rounds at some activists. -
intimidation
Syria's ambassador to Britain has been called into the Foreign Office and warned about allegations that a diplomat at the embassy has been intimidating Syrians living in the UK. -
End The Red Sea
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria and recalled his country's ambassador from Damascus, in a rare case of one of the Arab world's most powerful leaders intervening against another.
