Foreign Ministry Sends Letter to Syrian Embassy after Latest Raids
The foreign ministry has sent a letter to the Syrian embassy in Beirut upon the request of President Michel Suleiman, the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.
While NNA did not specify the nature of the letter sent on Monday, media reports said it included the recent request made by Suleiman to hand the ministry copies of security reports on the latest Syrian airstrikes on Lebanese territories.
A statement issued by the presidential palace last Thursday said Suleiman asked army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji to hand the ministry the copies of the raids in the northeastern town of Arsal the day before and another attack that took place on March 18.
Last week's raid involved two rocket attacks on a house 11 kilometers deep into Lebanese territories and the previous one included assaults as deep as 5 kilometers across the border with Syria.
Syria has continuously denied attacking Lebanon, claiming that the assaults are taking place from inside Lebanese territories.
Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali reiterated on Tuesday that “the attacks are taking place from Lebanon on Syria and not the other way around.”
The latest attacks took place after midnight Monday when three mortar shells hit the Lebanese town of al-Dbabiyeh in the northern district of Akkar, injuring a boy and causing damages to two houses.
Mortars and shells from the Syrian side regularly crash in Lebanon, causing several casualties. But Lebanese forces have never fired back despite promises of retaliation.
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