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| Shell, 3 Rockets Hit Hermel |
| 2013-04-22 |
| [An Nahar] Three rockets and a shell fired from Syrian territory landed in Leb's Hermel district on Sunday, causing material damage only, the state-run National News Agency reported. A shell and two rockets hit the road leading to the Sahlat al-Ma' area in the town of al-Qasr, NNA said. In the evening, a rocket fired from Syria landed in the center of the town of Hermel near al-Mabarrat School, the agency reported. Later on Sunday, NNA said the Grad rocket went kaboom!on the fence of Imam Zein al-Abidin Orphanage which is affiliated with the Mabarrat Charity Association, shattering the glass of its windows. The orphanage's director Mohammed al-Saeed reassured that no students were maimed "because the administration had moved them to the orphanage's theater, which is like a bomb shelter, when the shelling of the area resumed at noon." Saeed noted that "450 students aged 4-15 years live at the orphanage." Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Free Syrian Army chief of staff Selim Idriss denied that the FSA and the jihadist al-Nusra Front had issued a joint statement threatening to move the battle into Leb, as reported by several media outlets. The latest assaults, prompted President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... to issue a statement, saying the rocket attacks and shelling on Leb did not guarantee democratic rights. He said Leb was already suffering from the burden of Syrian refugees and that the authorities were committed to controlling the border as called for by the Baabda Declaration His remarks came as he asked Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji to take the appropriate measures to preserve the safety of the Lebanese. Most shells in the past two years were launched from regime-held areas, but anti-Assad rebels last week claimed firing into Hermel's countryside, threatening further attacks if Hizbullah did not stop fighting the insurgency. Several shells landed in al-Qasr and neighboring villages on Saturday. They triggered panic and residents rushed to take cover indoors as shops in Hermel closed. |
| Posted by:Fred |