BEIRUT – A Syrian helicopter opened fire on a Lebanese border town in the eastern Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, wounding two people, the Lebanese army said in a statement. The incident took place in the mainly Sunni Muslim town of Arsal, whose residents strongly support the rebellion against President Bashar Al-Assad in neighboring Syria. “A Syrian helicopter fired two rockets towards the square of the town, two people were wounded,” the army statement said. Arsal has also sheltered fighters who fled the Syrian border town of Qusayr, captured by Assad's forces and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas after more than two weeks of fierce fighting with rebels. Violence from Syria has increasingly spilled into Lebanon. Syrian forces have also frequently crossed the poorly defined border in pursuit of rebels. Deeper inside Lebanon, street fighting fueled by tensions over Syria has killed dozens of people in the northern city of Tripoli. — Reuters
