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Over 4 Syrian Raids Hit Arsal Outskirts as al-Nusra Executes Assad Supporters

Syrian warplanes on Friday carried out several raids on several areas in the outskirts of the eastern border town of Arsal in the Bekaa, the state-run National News Agency reported, as al-Nusra Front executed two men who support the regime.

"Syrian fighter jets launched strikes on the al-Zamarani valley in the Arsal region," NNA said in the afternoon.

And as Al-Arabiya TV reported three afternoon airstrikes, it quoted the rebel Syrian Revolution General Commission as saying that "22 airstrikes have targeted Qalamoun's mountains in Syria and Lebanon's Arsal."

Later, NNA said the bodies of a Syrian young man and a Syrian young woman who were killed in clashes in Qalamoun in addition to five wounded people were transported to a field hospital in Arsal.

Earlier on Friday, media reports said Syrian military planes bombarded the Lebanese border areas of Khirbet Younin, Wadi Hmeid and Ajram.

NNA said the Syrian airstrikes targeted the towns with four rockets.

Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported that the raids targeted a gathering for the Syrian opposition in the town of Khirbet Younin.

Rockets from the Syrian side of the border have frequently landed in Arsal since the uprising in the neighboring country turned violent.

The Arsal area is broadly supportive of the Sunni-dominated uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The mountainous area has long been a smuggling haven, with multiple routes into Syria that have been used since the conflict began in March 2011 to transport weapons and fighters.

Hermel and others areas in the Bekaa have also been targeted by rockets fired from Syria in recent months and most attacks were claimed by Syrian rebels.

Meanwhile, the news agency reported that al-Nusra Front in Lebanon executed two Syrians, who are pro-Assad regime, on the outskirts of Arsal.

The NNA said that Mohammed and Ali al-Kouz were charged with collaborating with the Assad regime.

The Nusra Front had previously handed out leaflets accusing 12 Syrians of cooperating with the regime.


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