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| Syria Strikes Outskirts of Arsal amid Reports of Gunmen Entering Town |
| 2014-03-17 |
| [An Nahar] Syrian warplanes carried out several The Syrian "Syrian warplanes waged several strikes on Arsal's outskirts, targeting gunnies fleeing from the frontiers of al-Aqaba and Rantous towards Arsal, leaving several of them dead or maimed," Leb's National News Agency reported. Earlier, LBCI TV said Syrian aircraft carried out two raids on the al-Maslaha area in Arsal's peripheries. Opposition sources said civilians and activists in the town of Yabrud had fled overnight into neighboring Leb. And Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said the army was targeting "groups of terrorists" fleeing Yabrud between the village of Fleita in Syria and the town of Arsal. Arsal municipal chief Ali al-Hujairi denied that gunnies from the Yabrud area entered the border town. LBCI reported that more than 1,000 gunnies headed to the outskirts of the Bekaa town of Arsal as the Lebanese army took extra measures to prevent gunnies from entering the area. The Lebanese army also closed the Arsal-Labweh road. Syrian troops had seized on Sunday full control of the rebel bastion Yabrud in the strategic Qalamun region near the Lebanese border. |
| Posted by:Fred |