Syrians protest in Valletta
Photo: Sarah Carabott
Some 50 people, including women and children, held another protest in Valletta today against the renewed shelling in Syria as European and Arab nations met in Tunisia to seek ways to ease the crisis.
The protesters deplored China's and Russia's veto of two United Nations Security Council resolutions condemning President Bashar Assad's crackdown on protests that killed 5,400 in 2011 alone, according to the UN
They also urged the Western and Arab world to help with food, fuel and basic necessities.
"We don't want weapons, we'd rather get the basic necessities," they said.
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Emma Xerri
Feb 24th, 20:29
If these people want NATO and Western intervention, instead a year of condemnation and platitudes decrying the killing of the innocents (blah, blah, blah) that they have gotten so far, they better find substantially amounts of Oil in Syria fast.
henry caruana
Feb 24th, 23:40
H. Caruana
@ Emma Xerri
Rebels started the problem with nato / west promise of similar intervention as done
in LIBYA.
But RUSSIA seen the action UK /France /usaizrael in LIBYA instead of protecting
civilians gone berserkly bombing the country no matter who's in line of fire, that left thousand
dead and thousands maimed blocked any nato action, and proposed round table discussion of both parties.
UK /france /usa won't accept that, just want to use force , vietnam murderer Mc cain / clinton
want to supply rebels with more sophisicaed armaments plus bombing government structures.
The conference in TUNIS comprise of hypocrite eu/uk/usaizrael, with only interest of clearing
middle east to be dominated by zionists
P Sciberras
Feb 24th, 18:58
i think the west are on the way to create another situation like in Libya.There is already divisions between the factions:The main opposition [SNC] and the Syrian based The National Coordination Body. The CNCattended the meeting in Tunisia,but theTNCB did not. I wonder these protesters which side they support.
Ganshida Soldado
Feb 24th, 18:01
Oh for flowers sake, why do these people have to protest in someone else's country for what's going on in their country thousands of miles away?? There's nothing we can do, if you have an issue, go protest in your own country and leave us alone.
Mark Anthony Fenech
Feb 24th, 18:21
Typical village mentality lol.
Andy Farrugia
Feb 24th, 19:14
Is this what you understand by solidarity and the common values of humankind? Go and hide yourself in some place Ganshida!
john vella
Feb 24th, 17:28
Of course all these Syrians protesting are all legal emigrants that the local authorities granted them a stay and working permits. None of them are illegal aliens or over staying tourists.
Colin Stanley
Feb 25th, 21:30
maybe a lot of them havemarried a Maltese girl for convinience?
henry caruana
Feb 24th, 17:19
H. Caruana
These protesters should support RUSSIA in it's call for both parties to sit round table
sort out their differences for a PEACEFULL outcome.
Do SYRIA want or looking for to be ruled by Sharia Law ?? or puppets of the zionist west.
According to UN (?) thousand killed in 2011, well in early 2012 UN killed 9762 LIBYAN's
and maimed 1221 children plus number of men and women.
Now the EU an organ that has nothing to do with non EU countries, succombed to usaizrael / france
uk demands and is ordering Syrian national bank assets confiscation
Do the EU want to see PEACE in Europe and middle east or want to folow the superpowers agenda
of clearing mdidle east from any opposition to be dominated by izrael