Rita Shami who had been killed on Sunday in an attack in Istanbul was laid to rest on Thursday in Joun.
A number of Lebanese state officials joined Shami’s family and friends for a funeral service at the Melkite Catholic Church in Beirut’s Sodeco.
“There are evil people who choose to spill the blood of those who disagree with their political or religious convictions,” Melkite Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros said during his sermon.
She was buried in her hometown cemetery in the town of Joun.
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri declared Tuesday an hour public mourning from 2 pm until 3 pm in the afternoon, to pay respects for the victims who were killed in the terrorist attack that targeted Istanbul on New Year’s Eve. He also called for amending the […]
NNA – Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, met, at Maarab on Monday, with Future bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat, over latest political developments, especially the election law. Geagea has earlier met with a delegation of Sidon-Zahrani municipalities’ union, headed by Mohammad al-Saudi. “We discussed an array […]
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