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Iran's Deputy FM to visit Beirut for talks

Iran Materials 28 March 2012 09:58 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 28 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Middle East and North of Africa Hossein Amir Abdollahian is scheduled to visit Beirut (Lebanon) to told talks on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain.

In Syria, the situation has remained unstable, as yesterday Syrian troops advanced into north Lebanon and clashing with Syrian rebels who had taken refuge there.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes. The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.

The UN says more than 8,000 people have been killed in Syria's year long uprising.

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