Suleiman Says 'No Justification' for Syrian Bombing, Requested Providing FM with Related Documents
President Michel Suleiman said on Thursday that there are no reasons that justify the latest Syrian bombing of Lebanese territories, requesting providing the Foreign Ministry with the necessary related documents.
Syrian military helicopters had fired five missiles on Wednesday evening on the Lebanese region of al-Ajram near the Bekaa's border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency said.
“There are no justifications or apparent reasons for the bombing,” Suleiman was quoted saying after meeting with Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji, the NNA reported.
"The bombing did not target military locations,” he pointed out.
The president asked the Army Command to hand over the “necessary related documents” to the Foreign Ministry, according to the same source.
On Wednesday, LBCI television said that shells fired from the Syrian side of the border have landed in Akkar's Dababiyeh and al-Kawashira regions, causing material damage in a poultry farm.
"Flames have engulfed a poultry farm after shells landed in Kawashira," the NNA detailed.
The two-year long violence in Syria has increasingly spilled over into Lebanon, with cross-border shelling in the north and east.
In March, President Suleiman denounced the Syrian airstrikes in Lebanese territories but Damascus, in its first comments on the attacks, denied it was involved.
The region of Arsal has been said to be used for the smuggling of arms and the flow of fighters across the border.
Arsal is a majority Sunni town, many of whose residents support the revolt against President Bashar Assad in neighboring Syria.
The area lies on the border with Syria, and has become home to thousands of people fleeing their the conflict.
Scores of Syrians injured in the violence have been brought into Arsal for medical treatment in recent months, and there have been reports of fighters and arms being smuggled in.
Syrian authorities had threatened to attack Lebanese territories if “terrorists” continue to infiltrate the country from Lebanon.
Lebanese parties are sharply divided over the developments in Syria despite the dissociation policy that was adopted by the state.
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