3 Lebanese soldiers killed in gunman attack – military source

3 Lebanese soldiers killed in gunman attack – military source
May 28, 2013 - 10:46 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Gunmen opened fire on a military checkpoint in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on Tuesday, May 28 killing three soldiers before fleeing to the nearby Syrian border, a Lebanese military source said, according to Reuters.

The source said two of the soldiers died in the attack, near the town of Arsal, and a third died later in hospital.

The border areas around Arsal are used by Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad to smuggle weapons and fighters from Lebanon across into Syria, and the region has seen previous clashes between the Lebanese military and gunmen.

In February, four Lebanese soldiers and two gunmen were killed in a gunfight near Arsal.

Tuesday's shooting came as Syrian soldiers, backed by Lebanon's militant Hezbollah fighters, continued an assault on the nearby Syrian border town of Qusair to drive out rebels.

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