Miqati Tasks Lebanese Ambassador to Send Message to Syrian FM over Shelling of Border Towns
Prime Minister Najib Miqati held talks on Monday with Lebanon’s Ambassador to Syria Michel Khoury over the ongoing Syrian violations of Lebanese territories.
He requested the ambassador to send an urgent message to the Syrian Foreign Ministry over Syria’s ongoing shelling of Lebanese border towns.
The message would include Lebanon’s warning of the “negative repercussions” the shelling is having on the security measures the army has taken to maintain the stability along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Syrian troops have repeatedly carried out incursions into Lebanese border areas in the northern Bekaa and Akkar since the eruption of anti-regime protests in Syria in March 2011.
Syria had repeatedly said that it is chasing defectors and gunmen during its incursions into Lebanon.
Rockets fired during clashes in Syria have also occasionally landed in Lebanese territory.
On Friday over 30 shells landed in Akkar, injuring an Internal Security Forces member and damaging houses.
On Saturday, a Baabda palace statement said: “Syrian officials vowed through contacts made with them to hold accountable those who shelled Akkar on Thursday night and apologized for the mistake that happened without the knowledge of (Syrian) authorities.”
Despite, the apology, shelling was once again reported on Saturday night in Akkar.
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