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U.S. confirms Syrian aircraft fired rockets into Lebanon
Source: Reuters
U.S. confirms Syrian aircraft fired rockets into Lebanon
WASHINGTON | Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:10pm EDT
(Reuters) - The State Department confirmed on Monday that Syrian government aircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon and it described the incident as "a significant escalation."
"We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."
(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Eric Beech)
WASHINGTON | Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:10pm EDT
(Reuters) - The State Department confirmed on Monday that Syrian government aircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon and it described the incident as "a significant escalation."
"We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."
(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Eric Beech)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/18/us-syria-crisis-lebanon-usa-idUSBRE92H0TK20130318
Source: Reuters
Syrian jets strike Lebanon border
BEIRUT | Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:37am EDT
(Reuters) - Syrian air force jets fired four rockets at a remote section of the border with Lebanon on Monday, security sources said, four days after Damascus warned it may strike at Syrian rebels taking refuge across the frontier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from the air strike near the Bekaa Valley town of Arsal, whose Sunni Muslim residents mainly support Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
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BEIRUT | Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:37am EDT
(Reuters) - Syrian air force jets fired four rockets at a remote section of the border with Lebanon on Monday, security sources said, four days after Damascus warned it may strike at Syrian rebels taking refuge across the frontier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties from the air strike near the Bekaa Valley town of Arsal, whose Sunni Muslim residents mainly support Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/18/us-syria-crisis-lebanon-idUSBRE92H0K420130318