Cross-Border Fire, Shelling on Akkar Border Town
North Lebanon's border with Syria was hit on Monday night by cross-border shelling following an exchange of gunfire, a security official told Agence France Presse.
This is the latest of a series of border incidents in recent weeks.
"There was an exchange of cross-border gunfire between the (Lebanese village of Akkar district) Dababiyeh and Halat (in Syria)," said the official.
"The sound of shelling was also heard in Dababiyeh," he added. Dababiyeh is 50 kilometers north of the coastal city of Tripoli.
He did not elaborate on casualties or on the sources of the violence.
"Several homes were damaged in the violence, including my own," Dababiyeh's municipal chief George Abdullah told AFP.
The latest incident came just a week after Syrian regime forces fired shells into Lebanon, and nine days after cross-border violence killed two girls and wounded several people in north Lebanon.
almost 12 years
So you want the Lebanese army invade Syria, or just shell it the same. Don't you think Lebanon is being dragged into the conflict. You want the lebanese army join the ISF? How about joining the IDF later. The UN protects nobody, it is a cover for superpowers.
almost 12 years
stfu and spare us from ur ignorance. useless bunch trying to type silly comments all the time about the army !!! get a life a defend ur country like a national and not a visitor
almost 12 years
indeed, they should go to the UN.
almost 12 years
Shame on this government, what a bunch of slaves.
almost 12 years
Syrian Zionist Army
if the army is useless in defending our border then let us dismantle it, and let them join the ISF.
it is unacceptable that our army does not respond to fire, and our government does not even file a complaint to the UN.
if the army is not up to the task, then let us ask the UN to protect us from this syrian regime.