Syrian Priest in Zahle Hospital after Suffering Gunshot Injury Near Border

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A Syrian priest was hospitalized in the eastern Lebanese city of Zahle after suffering injuries in the Syrian town of al-Qusair, in Homs province, during a gunfight between troops and rebels, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said Father Elia Mikhael Jreij, 33, was admitted to Tal Shiha hospital in Zahle to treat the gunshot wound in his left leg.

The priest was riding a Kia Rio along with the head of the St. Morqos monastery in Rable, Samer Farah, when armed clashes occurred in al-Qusair between the Syrian soldiers and the rebels.

Al-Qusair, a town southwest of the flashpoint city of Homs, is close to the Lebanese al-Qaa region in northeastern Lebanon.

Homs is an opposition stronghold where the Syrian government has been waging a brutal offensive for the past months.

Comments 5
Default-user-icon up with assad (Guest) 02 June 2012, 17:39

the priest is obviously a wahhabi salafi terrorist

Default-user-icon bangbang (Guest) 02 June 2012, 18:40

not only shooting kids but religious figures as well.
this is the democracy aoun is talking about.

Missing kiserwaniaseel 02 June 2012, 20:33

this story cannot be true because nothing is going on in syria. it is all fabricated by the west. nasoorallah and the demented general have said that syria is calm..

Default-user-icon John from Koura (Guest) 02 June 2012, 23:35

Actually the Nahar propaganda has been worst than the Pro-Syrian propaganda. The Syrian regime claims that the Sunni extremists are killing civilians and they have lost soldiers. The opposition says they have not lost any rebel fighters.

Default-user-icon bangbang (Guest) 02 June 2012, 22:17

typical syrian democracy