Syrian Shelling Target Several Villages in Akkar, One Killed
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Artillery and rocket shelling from the Syrian side of the border targeted on Friday several villages in the northern district of Akkar, the state-run National News Agency reported.
According to the news agency, 14 rockets landed on the outskirts of the villages of Mashta Hammoud, al-Abboudiyeh, Hakr Janin, al-Arma, Qbour al-Beed in Akkar.
A Syrian identified as Hisham Khaled Ahmed was reportedly killed while two other Lebanese Mahmoud Ahmed Ramadan and Jamila Assaf were injured in Mashta Hammoud town.
They were submitted to Al-Salam hospital in Qubayat.
Ambulances sirens were heard rushing to the scene.
Residents appealed for President Michel Suleiman, Army commander Jean Qahwaji and all the competent officials to intervene to end the assault that is targeting them, damaging their properties and causing casualties.
The NNA also said that the shelling targeted the house of Gerges al-Khoury in Shadra, causing only material damage.
The incident comes a day after Syrian gunfire killed a Syrian national person and injured another while they were on the Lebanese side of al-Kabir river in the northern area of Wadi Khaled.
Since the Syrian crisis broke out in March 2011, border areas in northern and eastern Lebanon have been struck by frequent cross-border shelling and clashes which have left several people dead and scores other wounded.
31 January 2014, 13:36
915
yea, he should definitely send the army to take out the rebels who are throwing rockets on us! hope the local takfiris wont accuse the army of taking sides if that happens!
31 January 2014, 15:45
815
hahahah cedre you cant be for real!!
you really think that if that map shows a red dot it means there are 0 rebels there? it's been two years that they're playing hide and seek with the army, the army is not deployed in every red dots, and trust me, when rebels move across syria, your fancy map wont show you green dots moving live. stop dreaming.
31 January 2014, 17:05
166
movaten, the region is an alawite stronghold.
When syrians, rebels or mukhaba rats, shell lebanon, they claim responsability. This is a message like the bombing of tripoli's mosques. They say to akkar and arsal sunnis, stop helping rebels.
31 January 2014, 17:40
715
and what is the result of it? the families who lost someone today, will they say ok and sit down? or will the brothers, uncles, cousins etc.. get mad and go help the rebels even more?
your problem is that you're too naive, you think wars are like children's playgrounds, where bobby hits tommy because bobby doesnt like tommy. in real life it's a bit more evolved than that, and false flag operations have been used since ever, to create reactions that favor one side, so you have to see who profits from one action before knowing who is behind it.
hitting random houses in akkar doesnt serve any of the syrian regime's goals. if they had infos on a specific hiding place / rebel HQ / weapons cache, they would go in and take it out precisely. that would weaken the rebels.
hitting random houses stregnthens the rebels because their best hope is to inflame akkar into helping them.
01 February 2014, 04:19
11
only Iranian puppets think like that-- and what is your glorious Shiite resistance doing to protect the country that it is supposed to be in existence to do?
31 January 2014, 11:10
167
The Israelis make threats and the M8 clowns fall all over themselves throwing Patriotic fits. But every time the benevolent Assad's forces attack Lebanon they say good job.
31 January 2014, 12:16
167
Don't be so envious Mr. Flimflam, surely the Ayatollah will reciprocate and send their militia the equivalent amount. That would be about 9,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 rials?
31 January 2014, 15:20
165
well gov and army intelligence is HA/M8, but that will change next week. Bye bye Mansour, bye bye Bassil...
31 January 2014, 13:50
610
This is a difficult situation. Truly I understand that other Sunni takfiri outside of the levant before HA went to Syria but this is Assad's mighty army's issue to address not HA. Ha's involvement prompted the Lebanese Sunni response as you have seen in Akkar and Arsal. Now the Assad regime has much bigger issues than Akkar. But they are close to the Alawite heartland so they want to be sectarian and keep Sunni areas in check. A regular army shelling our villages should prompt a response just as it should if it was Israel. This is why we need to stop jabbing our neighbor to the south. I guarantee we can get our water and any disputed land with Israel back in exchange for peace and HA disarming. We just need to do the same and stay out of Syria. And like Russia go hard on anyone that violates our soil.
31 January 2014, 14:26
68
But many don't want peace because they rather would keep their weapons. Just like HA supporters support Jabal Mohsen because they are a minority to justify their arms.. HA arms are really for keeping Sunni down not Israel only. The sad thing is as much as I want to get rid of HA arms and Syrian influence in Lebanon. I would rather deal with Assad and make peace with him than takfiri. Assad can handle this alone. We need to sit back and let Assad handle the takfiri and only allow women and children across our border as refugees. No takfiri no HA weapons, no Israel, no Iran.
31 January 2014, 13:57
00
hope france with 3 billion grant from ksa give the Lebanese army the most sophisticated weapons to defend our land and I am sure our army then will protect southern and northern boarders without capitulating on anything
31 January 2014, 15:08
166
President wannabe Qahwaji still hiding and receiving his orders from HA.
That will be remembered...
KSA should send the 3 billions to syrian kids.
U dont need atgw or artillery to disarm a militia, u need willingness, uprightness and balls. And unfortunately, all the money in the world cant buy u that...
31 January 2014, 15:29
165
they are M14 areas just in ur mind, they're lebanon under M8 reality and syro/iranian occupation in reality.
M14 condemned extremist sunnis everywhere, unlike HA that hide them, protect them and send them to Iran...
U sound like ur beloved bashar calling all sunnis resisting him and Iran a ISIL and Nusra terrorist.
All ur hate wont harm Arsal's lions, just cause u ulcers...
31 January 2014, 15:19
716
March 14 cheer when rockets hit Bekaa and cry when they hit Akkar. Losers!
31 January 2014, 15:28
155
That's not true at all..... when Hajj Hollo was riddled with bullets I was very sad!
31 January 2014, 19:52
154
What a low blow Flamethrower!!!! Please, I ask you in the spirit of the Chinese New Year, the year of the beautiful horse, to refrain from insulting your fellow posters. May God forgive you..... I am not going to vote you down, the Lord will....((((
31 January 2014, 18:16
69
No mater what the pundits will say in this thread, be they pro or anti regime, it is us the Lebanese that poked our nose into the Syrian war, now they are doing what they've always done, trample on us Lebanese. Please, enough of this lost focus on the truth.
