Machinegun Rounds, Flares Fired from Syria Hit Lebanon's al-Bqaiaa
Machinegun rounds, flares and percussion bombs were fired from the Syrian side of the border towards the stream of the Grand River on Wednesday, some of which landing in the northern Lebanese town of Bani Sakhr in al-Bqaiaa region, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.
“Machinegun volleys struck several homes, causing no casualties, as a bomb landed in a grove,” NNA quoted residents as saying."
The residents of several houses located near the Grand River, which separates the two countries, fled towards the safer houses of their relatives in the nearby areas of Wadi Khaled and Mashta Hammoud, the agency said.
Meanwhile, MTV reported that “the General Security checkpoint in Wadi Khaled was targeted by Syrian anti-aircraft gunfire,” and that residents were urging the Lebanese army to “protect them.”
Separately, Lebanese Red Cross ambulances transported five wounded Syrians to the state-run hospital in the northern city of Tripoli, after they entered Lebanon via its northeastern border.
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