Rockets fired in Al-Qaa as Syrian troops infiltrate area

A Syrian force infiltrated the area of al-Qaa in Lebanon as rockets fired in clashes on the Syrian side of the border fell in the area. Voice of Lebanon radio reported that the Syrian unit entered al-Qaa under the cover of artillery and rocket fires. It remained in the region for some 20 minutes, it added. LBCI television reported that rockets fired during clashes in the Syrian town of al-Nizariyeh fell in al-Qaa. No one was harmed in the incident. Al-Jadeed television had also reported that rocket-propelled grenades used in the clashes also fell in the Lebanese border area. Since the start of anti-regime protests in Syria in March 2011, Syrian troops have repeatedly infiltrated Lebanon’s eastern and northern regions in pursuit of armed terrorist gangs. Several Lebanese people and Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been killed or wounded in the incidents. On Thursday, the Lebanese Army Command had announced that it will begin deploying along the border in the North and Bekaa in order to control the situation in the region. The army has been ordered to immediately retaliate to any shooting against it. The government has stressed during a session last week the need to bolster the army’s presence along the Lebanese-Syrian border.