Syrian Shells Hit Akkar Houses as Warplanes 'Violate Lebanese Airspace'
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Two houses were badly damaged Sunday by shells fired from Syria on the Akkar town of al-Uwaynat as Syrian warplanes reportedly violated the Lebanese airspace over several towns in the region.
“Shells fired from the Syrian side of the border have been targeting the border town of al-Uwaynat since the afternoon,” Lebanon's National News Agency reported in the evening.
“One of the shells hit the house of Shbib Shbib, causing extensive damage,” NNA added.
It noted that the house of Lebanese citizen Elias Kafrouni was also hit by a tank shell that “caused major damage but no casualties.”
“A third shell landed near the water tank that supplies the town with drinking water,” NNA added.
Earlier on Sunday, the agency quoted residents of the Akkar region of Wadi Khaled and the towns of Mashta Hammoud and Akroum as saying that Syrian warplanes had “violated Lebanese airspace.”
Residents reported “successive flights over their towns” amid airstrikes targeting the famed Krak des Chevaliers castle inside Syrian territory, NNA added.
On Saturday, shells and gunshots from Syria hit the outskirts of Akkar towns of al-Noura, Hikr Janine and Qashlaq. Gunfire also targeted the highway linking the al-Abboudiyeh border crossing to the town of Menjez.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati released a statement after Saturday's security developments on the border, revealing that he had contacted Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji in this regard.
"We asked for adopting all necessary procedures to deal with this situation,” the statement said.
"We reject any attack targeting Lebanese towns and against Lebanese citizens,” the caretaker premier stressed.
A Syrian identified as Hisham Khaled Ahmed was reportedly killed while two Lebanese, Mahmoud Ahmed Ramadan and Jamila Assaf, were injured in shelling that targeted the town of Mashta Hammoud on Friday.
Also on Friday, a gunfire exchange took place between troops and gunmen on the border, leading eventually to the withdrawal of these armed groups.
Since the Syrian crisis broke out in March 2011, border areas in northern and eastern Lebanon have been struck by frequent cross-border shelling and clashes which have left several people dead and scores other wounded.
02 February 2014, 22:20
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Where the hell is the Lebanese Army? Why doesn't the army protect the people? Why doesn't the army deploy on the border and stop any smuggling? Ah yeah Hiszullah does not allow it...sorry forgot about that!
02 February 2014, 23:32
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KSA please keep ur money, lebanon is gone, finished, kaput coz christians dont have the will to fight HA...
03 February 2014, 00:14
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Don't blame it on Xians please. Blame it on FPMers/Marada/tashnag.
03 February 2014, 01:23
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Don't blame this on the christians or anybody for some reason the world stays quiet when this is happening to lebanon there's a hidden agenda that hasn't unfolded as yet because all you hear at the moment is rhetoric and more rhetoric but no action i don't know why they are wasting time forming a government it seems its going to be a limp government .
03 February 2014, 13:26
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lol @ you bums. fight HA? really? that's the only thing you found worthy of doing in this country? the last rampart against israel and takfiris is the one thing you want to fight cedre? stop trying to use chrtistians for the dirty work, israel already chose YOU for it. come and do it.
03 February 2014, 15:48
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i dont blame christians for anything, just explaining why those funds will be useless.
I'm sunni and living abroad while they're on the ground fighting for our blessed land.
If i was christian, i would emigrate or get partition, always better than another civil war and bloodshed...
Problem is they wont get the partition they dream of....
03 February 2014, 00:47
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sure and M8ers applaud.... and they will still say it is not the syrian army but terrorists shelling akkar ....
03 February 2014, 04:08
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I know what-let us ask the Israelis to shoot down those Syrian planes that intrude into our airspace.
03 February 2014, 05:32
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The Syrian conflict makes it crystal clear how useless and powerless the United Nations really is? When it has come to the major conflicts of the world UN has repeatedly fallen short. It's time they have restructured the security council's "veto" power. Maybe a 2/3 majority of the general assembly to override a veto by a security council's permanent member.
03 February 2014, 12:27
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The difference is that Israeli violations doesn't kill or destroy houses, and usually are the results of Hizbullah provocation to ignite the border. Syria is supposedly at peace with Lebanon, it shouldn't act that way and should have recognized Lebanon independance from 1943, not 2005.
03 February 2014, 12:33
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the first weapon to ask from the French is(paid by ksa )
anti aircraft missiles so they can defend Lebanese airspace from notth to south
03 February 2014, 14:01
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funny that moooowaten is not saying that these are rebels shellings... caught in his M8 lies.... poor man...
03 February 2014, 14:22
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March 8 traitors are probably cheering the Syrian army for breaching our sovereignty once again. Your Iranian Foreign Minister will again fail to file a complaint with the UN against this breach of airspace ...
Hassan and Aoun will come up with more lies to defend Bashar's actions and FT / Mowaten / Southern will claim it was to defend "Lebanon" (They consider Hezbollah to be Lebanon) against takfiri zionist cannibal threats that only exist in their little heads like their imaginary friends, imaginary ennemies, imaginary excuses and imaginary world.
03 February 2014, 16:04
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"you would see the condemnation of M8 for both syrian and israeli violations"
what a jerk this FT... each time syrian airplanes or mortars shell arsal he says it is a good thing!
each time akkar is shelled he says it is the rebels shelling akkar...
more hypocrit than this antilebanese traitor you cannot find... tfeh!
03 February 2014, 16:05
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You must be confusing me with some imaginary enemy of yours :)
The difference between me and you (including Aoun and your clones) is that I always held the same anti-syrian stance. Don't accuse me of something you make up in your tiny little empty head !
When Aoun goes from accusing Bashar of murdering Hariri to siding with him and his Lebanese allies who are all traitors, then you cannot say many honourable things about him.
And unlike you, I do not follow any "idols". You cannot even demonstrate my support for any politician so shove these arguments already and try something new for a change. You will always fail to make me appear as something i'm not...
And unless I see Aoun on TV condemning the violations. Unless I see him condemning Hezbollah's crimes in Syria, then I can only conclude he's a Pro-Syrian traitor and so are his followers!
03 February 2014, 17:18
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poor FT... you believe i will waste my time finding your quotes? poor thing... everyone here has read your comments supporting bashar's shelling on arsal... everyone here has read your comments saying the shellings on akkar were not from the syrian army but from rebels...
poor idiot you are, poor idiot you ll stay....
03 February 2014, 19:13
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"hateful, lying and filthy, no doubt an inbred."
sure and i guess you are the embodiment of love and truth? LOL so before accusing others just look at yourself, the one who wants half of Lebanon to be thrown in the sea just for supporting M14....
03 February 2014, 16:19
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Qahwaji, why didn't u bring back some Mistral manpads with u from KSA?
Oh i forgot u need the pro-syria/pro-iran votes to become president. my bad...
03 February 2014, 21:15
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No and I will not set foot there until all the terrorists and thei hosts are eliminated.
03 February 2014, 21:54
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then you cannot say anything about akkar if you ve never been there... you just prove your stupid ignorance....
03 February 2014, 22:43
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Seriously now, shouldn't lebpatriot246 change its name to HApatriot1
