No Injuries as 16 Rockets Fired from Syria Land in Lebanon overnight

A number of rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in Lebanese border regions overnight, reported the National News Agency on Saturday.

It said that four rockets landed on the eastern mountain range near al-Shaara region between the towns of Sarein al-Fawqa and Sarein al-Tahta.

Only material damage was incurred in the incident.

Shells also landed near al-Nasseriya, al-Nabi Sheet, and the outskirts of the Bekaa town of Brital, bringing the total number of rockets fired overnight to 16.

Four Syrians were arrested in the region on suspicion of being linked to the shelling.

Meanwhile, unknown assailants opened fire at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at a shrine for Sayyeda Khawla at the southern entrance of the Bekaa city of Baalbek.

The shrine and a nearby BMW X5 were damaged in the incident.

Border regions with Syria in the northern and eastern Bekaa have come under shelling from the fighting in Syria, mainly due to Hizbullah's involvement in the unrest in the neighboring country.

The Free Syrian Army had acknowledged in the past that it had targeted some Lebanese areas in retaliation to Hizbullah's actions.

Rockets have frequently landed in the northeastern region of al-Hermel.