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| Shells from Syria Hit Six Akkar Towns, Damage Houses |
| 2014-02-05 |
| [AnNahar] Shells fired from Syria rained down Tuesday evening on several border towns in the Akkar district, damaging some houses, as gunshots targeted a highway inside Leb. "Shells landed in the outskirts of the towns of al-Noura, Qashlaq and Amar al-Baikat during festivities on the Syrian side of the border," Leb's National News Agency reported. Gunshots also targeted the highway that links al-Abboudiyeh to the town of Menjez. Later on Tuesday, shelling again targeted Amar al-Baikat's outskirts and the peripheries of the town of Ain Tinta, according to NNA. "A shell landed in the Sharbila forest near the Family Restaurant in the Akkar town of Deir Adawiya," the agency said, adding that shells had also fell near a cafe in the town of al-Douseh. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce... "shrapnel damaged the house of Khaled Abdul Hamid in the town of Amar al-Baikat." On Sunday, two houses were badly damaged 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. A Syrian man was killed while two Lebanese citizens were maimed in shelling that targeted the town of Mashta Hammoud on Friday. Also on Friday, a gunfire exchange took place between troops and gunnies on the border. Since the Syrian crisis broke out in March 2011, border areas in northern and eastern Leb have been struck by frequent cross-border shelling and festivities which have left several people dead and scores other maimed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 "A shell landed in the Sharbila forest near the Family Restaurant in the Akkar town of Deir Adawiya," the agency said, adding that shells had also fell near a cafe in the town of al-Douseh. Syrian version of Yelp? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-05 14:05 |