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March 19, 2013

U.S. Condemns Syrian Rocket Fire Inside Lebanon 
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Syrian aircraft have fired rockets into Lebanon along a remote area of
the border. The attacks come after the Syrian government warned Lebanon
to stop militants crossing the border to join rebels fighting President
Bashar al-Assad. U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland
condemned the Syrian strikes.

Victoria Nuland: "Let me say that we can confirm what you are seeing in
the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into
northern Lebanon, impacting Wadi al-Khayl, near the border town of
Arsal. This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of
Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These
kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."

 

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