2nd Syrian Arrested in Bombing of Hizbullah Convoy
A second Syrian suspected of involvement in a bombing of a Hizbullah convoy in the eastern Bekaa Valley earlier this month was arrested by the Army Intelligence on Thursday.
Media reports said the Syrian was seized during a raid in the town of Majdal Anjar. He is a relative of another Syrian who was arrested by the army on Monday.
The two Syrians are suspected of planting the explosives that targeted the convoy near al-Masnaa border crossing with Syria on July 16.
The bombing is the fourth time that a vehicle has been targeted by an explosive device in the Bekaa region, which is a stronghold of Hizbullah.
The attacks come as the party gets increasingly involved in the war in Syria. It has sent its members to bolster Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces in their assault on some rebel-held areas.
Since then, Lebanon has seen a spike in Sunni-Shiite tensions that has sparked gunbattles in several cities around the country.
Many Lebanese Sunnis support the overwhelmingly Sunni uprising against Assad in Syria, while Shiites generally back Hizbullah and the regime in Damascus.
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