Rockets Hit Northeastern Towns, No Casualties
Four rockets hit on Tuesday the outskirts of the northeastern towns of al-Labweh and Meqraq, without causing casualties, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said that the rockets struck the hills lying between the two Shiite towns.
The source of the rocket fire was the eastern mountain range, it added, without giving further details.
Shiite towns in the Bekaa Valley have been occasionally hit with rockets and missiles from areas where rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops are located.
They come in retaliation to Hizbullah's involvement in the war in Syria. The Shiite party's members have been fighting alongside Assad's soldiers against the mostly Sunni rebels seeking to topple him.
Tuesday's attack came as Shiites in Lebanon celebrated the start of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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