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Syrian Military Aircraft Fly over Bekaa Border
2011-12-26
[An Nahar] Syrian helicopters on Sunday hovered over the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal before returning to the Syrian airspace, Future News TV reported.

For its part, Leb's state-run National News Agency said Syrian military aircraft flew over Syria's border with Leb's Bekaa Valley. It did not elaborate.

On Tuesday, Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn warned that al-Qaeda members have entered Leb through Arsal "under the guise of being members of the Syrian opposition," noting that he will raise the issue in cabinet.

During a meeting at his office with a delegation of high-ranking Lebanese army officers, Ghosn said: "We have information that certain operations are taking place at some illegal border crossings, especially in Arsal, where weapons and some al-Qaeda terrorist elements are entering (the country) under the guise of being members of the Syrian opposition."

Since the eruption of the uprising against the Syrian regime on March 15, scores of Syrians have decamped to Leb through illegal border crossings, while the Syrian authorities have justified their frequent violations of the Lebanese borders under the pretext of pursuing "armed terrorist gangs."
Posted by:Fred

#1  So now both al-Qaeda and the Syrians are poking around the Arsals, huh? Typical.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-12-26 08:33  

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