Report: Syrian Fighter Jets Fly over Bekaa
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Syrian fighter jets flew over parts of the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon on Sunday, media reports said.
Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said that the jets flew over the outskirts of the town of Arsal.
The development was accompanied by strikes against locations in Syria near the border with Lebanon.
Ad Diyar daily had also reported on Sunday that Syrian warplanes had flown over the Bekaa.
They flew at low altitude and headed towards the Hermel region before entering Syria and reaching Homs.
It noted that this was the first time that Syrian jets fly over the Bekaa since that eruption of the crisis in Syria in March 2011.
Syrian troops had repeatedly infiltrated Lebanese border regions in pursuit of what it called armed gangs and army defectors.
Rockets fired in border areas have repeatedly landed in Lebanese territories.
The Lebanese army has bolstered its presence along the border with Syrian in order to thwart the violations.
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour had told An Nahar daily in remarks published on Sunday that rockets fired in Syrian border clashes landing in nearby Lebanese areas is inevitable.
14 October 2012, 13:05
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That's Bashar's reminder to Aoun supporters in honor of Oct 13th. Idiots.
14 October 2012, 13:29
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Where is the complaint to the security council of this violation; where is the outcry from the so called 'resistance'
what a bunch of hypocrites...
14 October 2012, 13:57
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just let the western powers and our gulf friends pay for antiaircraft missiles which is a( defensive system of weaponery)
to defend our airspace from beeing violated
14 October 2012, 14:10
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They are desperate... just like a cornered cat... however, they are going down just like Khaddafi and a few other brutal despots who now are yesterday's news... And ali baba nasrallah will be crawling right behind them...
15 October 2012, 16:25
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Look at what the lebanese foreign minister said
"rockets fired in Syrian border clashes landing in nearby Lebanese areas is inevitable"
and compare it to the turkish government stance. No need for comments.
15 October 2012, 16:38
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The hezbozos send a dummy plane over Israel and everybody hails victory, Syrian planes fly over Lebanon, & everyone burries his head in the sand... I feel ashamed...
