Syria's Civil War Is Spilling Into Lebanon

A Lebanese army soldier walks with his weapon on a patrol after being deployed to tighten security, following clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in the northern port city of Tripoli May 21, 2013. OMAR IBRAHIM/REUTERS

Young Lebanese Fighters Leaving Syria For Battle Closer To Home -- Washington Post

TRIPOLI, Lebanon — While the Syrian opposition urges more men to assist embattled rebels in the fight for the key town of Qusair, dozens of young Lebanese fighters are leaving Syria to join a battle closer to home

Lebanon’s second-biggest city, Tripoli, was convulsed by violence for a fourth day Wednesday, with Sunni Muslims from the ramshackle Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood trading mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades with their neighbors in the Alawite enclave of Jabal Mohsen.

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Syrian Jets Bomb Targets In Lebanon

A general view of Arsal, northeastern Bekaa, Monday, June 18, 2012. (The Daily Star/Rakan al-Fakih)

Syrian Jets Bomb Farm Fields In North Lebanon -- Daily Star

BEIRUT: Two Syrian warplanes bombed farm fields belonging to a border town in northeast Lebanon Monday, high-ranking Lebanese security sources told The Daily Star, in an unprecedented aerial shelling by Syria of Lebanese territory since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War.

The farm fields of Khirbet Dawoud, 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory, were the target of the aerial attack by the MiG-type aircrafts, the sources said.

Following the aerial bombardment, Syrian reconnaissance planes and helicopters flew over the area for a brief period of time.

Khirbet Dawoud is part of the Arsal region which shares 50 kilometers of border with Syria. The area is also described as the main point for arms smuggling between Arsal and Syrian territory.

Security and official sources in the area said no casualties have been reported.

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