The Boston Globe · Boston, Massachusetts · 1 December 1947
CP-1947-006
7 Syrians Killed in Rioting Over Palestine Partition
United Press, Damascus
Transcribed from the clipping
“DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 30 (UP)—Seven Syrians were killed in a student-Communist clash over the partition of Palestine today after an enraged mob stoned the United States and French legations and hauled down the American flag.
Turbulent crowds of Arabs surged through the streets of this capital and converged on the American and French legations, stoning both buildings and hauling down the flag flying in front of the United States building. Their rage mounting, the demonstrators moved on the headquarters of the Syrian Communist party with students in the lead.
As the crowd stormed the building those inside fired and three students were killed. Roused to fury, the demonstrators set fire to the building and four Syrian Communists were burned to death.”
Context added by this archive
Two days after the vote. The archive previously held nothing at all from December 1947.
Cite this clipping
"7 Syrians Killed in Rioting Over Palestine Partition," The Boston Globe, 1 December 1947, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1947-006. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1947-006
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