Three Injured in Syrian Rocket Strikes against Arsal, Ras Baalbek

Three people were injured overnight when a number of rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in the Bekaa regions of Arsal and Ras Baalbek.

Eleven rockets landed near Arsal, while three others landed in Ras Baalbek.

Eight people were killed on Friday in similar attacks that targeted the same regions.

Five of the killed were children from the same family.

Later on Saturday, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered that an investigation be launched into the shelling.

Arsal municipal chief Ali al-Hujairi had accused Hizbullah of being behind the assault, but the party was quick to deny the accusations, which it labeled as “dangerous.”

A statement issued after a Arsal municipal meeting on Friday declared: “We will not allow Hizbullah and the Syrian regime to drag the town towards the Syrian revolution and balance of power in Syria.”

They vowed to defend their dignity, children, and people “in all possible means.”

Rockets from the Syrian side of the border have frequently landed in Arsal since the uprising in the neighboring country turned violent.