Curfew in Beirut
In connection with mass collisions between supporters of the government and the opposition in the capital of Lebanon -Beirut- the curfew is entered. The leaders of the contradictory parties have called citizens to stop violence and to observe an armistice.
On January, 25th at least two persons were killed as a result of disorders. Collisions have started at the Arabian university in Beirut, however then they have extended on neighboring areas. Militaries have tried to disseminate crowd, but the situation is still out of control.
Disorders have occurred in a day after three persons were lost and more than hundreds have received wounds in the result of the roughest street protests in the military chronology of Beirut. On January, 23rd the general strike, which organizers demanded the resignation of the cabinet of ministers of Lebanon, also took place.
Nevertheless both parties have recognized that the country could come to the civil war. Government officials and Hassan Nasrallah- the leader of Hezbollah- have called for the quiet and resolved security forces to order the first general curfew in Beirut.
The senior pro-governmental politician -Walid Jumblatt- addressed to Hezbollah’s speaker with the request of parliament to renew the attempt to restore the dialogue between the conflicting parties.