Egyptian police clash with protesters near Syrian embassy

[TomClash]

Source: Al Jazeera

Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Wednesday after some demonstrators tried to take down its flag, protesters said.

The protesters later barricaded a main road on the corniche after some of them threw stones with at the riot police, a witness said.

"Three or four threw stones, and the police started firing tear gas," said Mosaab Elshamy.

Ahmed Aggour said the clashes began after some of the protesters tried to tear down the embassy's flag.
"We wanted to take down (President Bashar al-) Assad's flag and raise the independence flag. They started shooting tear gas," the protester said.



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[MADem]

1. Not surprising. The GoE has no choice but to provide Embassy security support to any nation with

whom they have diplomatic relations. If they didn't do that (holding their nose all the way, most likely) then that would be a matter of concern, as it would suggest that the government wasn't serious about holding up their end in terms of diplomatic agreements. Also, a few months ago, they did let demonstrators get over the wall and trash the place, and got some criticism for it.