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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Mortars Fired from Syria Hit Leb Towns
2012-04-09
[An Nahar] Mortar rounds fired from the Syrian side of the border targeted a number of Lebanese towns in the vicinity of the al-Masharfeh area in the northern region of Wadi Khaled on Sunday evening, LBC television reported.

On Tuesday, Syrian troops staged a brief incursion into Lebanese territory amid fierce festivities with rebel forces, local official and residents said.

The official, who requested anonymity, told Agence La Belle France Presse the troops briefly entered the Lebanese side of Masharii al-Qaa, a region that sits along the border between the two countries.

He said one house in the area was hit by mortar shells and gunfire. Its residents had decamped shortly before, he added

Another local resident said several houses were hit.

Another local official in the Lebanese town of al-Qaa, Mansour Saad, told AFP that Syrian troops were apparently chasing rebels trying to flee to Leb.
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