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Beirut Area Attacked By Rockets

Eric Parra |
May 26, 2013 | 10:58 a.m. PDT

Executive Producer

The skyline of Beirut, Lebanon (Creative Commons/Evan Bench)
The skyline of Beirut, Lebanon (Creative Commons/Evan Bench)
Only one day after Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader declared an alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in their civil war, the Hezbollah district of Beirut was struck by two rockets on Sunday morning. 

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According to an unnamed security source for the Lebanese, the weapons were a Soviet style Grad rockets that injured at least 4 people.

From the Washington Post:

“One rocket fell in the Mar Mikhael district of Beirut, striking a car exhibit, while another hit an apartment building about a mile away, the Associated Press reported. The area is a staunch support base for Hezbollah, and near the group’s headquarters in the suburb of Dahieh.”

Lebanon is a major area sharpening the divide between the civil dispute over the Syrian government. The Free Syrian Army and jihadists in Jabhat al-Nusra have both made threats to go against Hezbollah while the head of Lebanese Shi'ite militant Hezbollah said it would keep fighting on the Syrian government's side until victory.

From Reuters

“The United States and Russia have proposed an international peace conference to douse a civil war that has killed more than 80,000 people, driven 1.5 million Syrians as refugees abroad and raised the specter of sectarian bloodshed in the wider region.

Syria's government will "in principle" attend the talks tentatively set for June in Geneva and believes it will be an opportunity to resolve the crisis, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday.”

But, while the Western powers ask to aide Syria in exchange for Assad to cede power, the response was that only Syria can decide its own future through the Syrian people.

As the tension grows thicker, the U.S. and Russian foreign ministers plan to meet in Paris on Monday to go over details.

 

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