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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rockets Strike Labweh, Militant Group Claims Responsibility
2014-04-03
[AnNahar] Several rockets landed on Wednesday on residential neighborhoods of the eastern town of al-Labweh, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA did not specify the source of the assault and did not say whether the attack caused material damage or casualties.

The so-called Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade grabbed credit for the attack.

Last month, Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
gunnies and local Shiites closed off the town of Arsal's only road to the rest of Leb by erecting a sandbagged checkpoint.

The move came after residents of nearby Shiite areas blamed Arsal, a majority Sunni town, for rocket fire on their villages, including al-Labweh, and a deadly boom-mobileing in al-Nabi Othman.

The Lebanese army later reopened the Labweh-Arsal road after the blockade led to road closures across Leb.

Arsal's population sympathizes with Syria's revolt against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
, and the town has become a haven for refugees, including scores of maimed fighters in need of life-saving treatment.

Arsal is now home to 40,000 Lebanese and 52,000 Syrian refugees for whom the road is a vital lifeline.

Al-Labweh's residents meanwhile back Hizbullah, which is fighting alongside Assad's troops against the majority Sunni rebels.
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