Iraq, Lebanon alarmed at spreading Syria war

Ten rockets launched from Syria into the Hezbollah stronghold of Hemel killed at least one person and wounded several others. A roadside bomb detonated in the Bekaa valley as two vans carrying Hezbollah fighters to Syria passed by, but there were no casualties.

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Masked gunmen blocked roads and closed shops in Tripoli in protest against Hezbollah’s victory in the Syrian city of Qusayr. The Lebanese military seized an arms warehouse near Bab al-Tabbaneh belonging to Ziad Alouki, who is accused of stirring up sectarian strife by claiming that soldiers stepped on a Koran. Clashes continued between the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and Alawite Jabal Mohsen communities in Tripoli. Security forces in Sidon tried to contain protests by residents against a planned rally by the Islamist group Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in the city.

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Hezbollah fighters killed at least 12 Syrian rebels in an ambush outside Baalbek, in the first clash between the two groups on Lebanese soil. One report said 17 Al Nusrah Front fighters were killed while preparing to launch rockets; another said 14 Free Syrian Army fighters were killed. Hezbollah losses were put at one killed and four wounded. At least 15 rockets from Syria landed in Lebanon over the weekend. Israeli warplanes conducted low-altitude flights over east and south Lebanon today. Parliament postponed general elections for 17 months for security reasons.

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Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah confirmed that Hezbollah was fighting in Syria, and vowed to continue the fight. He claimed that attacks by Sunni Islamists against Syria and Lebanon were part of an American plot to protect Israeli interests. Two rockets landed in the al-Shayyah area of Beirut, injuring at least five people, including three Syrians. The Free Syrian Army denied responsibility for the attack.

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Army intelligence forces arrested four members of an al Qaeda cell in Ain el-Rummaneh and seized “a quantity of explosives and detonators in their possession.” The four are described as Lebanese and Syrian nationals; a search is on for the remaining cell members.

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Israeli media reports suggest that the IRGC was behind the April 25 drone incursion off the coast of Israel. The drone has not yet been recovered and its mission remains unclear.

The Israeli Air Force intercepted a drone, which it said belonged to Hezbollah, off the coast of Israel near Haifa. This is the second such interception of a Hezbollah drone by Israel in seven months.

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