A Lebanese and Syrian Dead in Northern Border Incident
Farmers from the Lebanese border town of Ersal and others from the Syrian town of al-Maara opened fire at each other Saturday over the disputed ownership of agricultural property resulting in a single fatality on each side.
The daily pan-Arab al-Hayat on Sunday said that the exchanged shooting resulted in the killing of Lebanese national Muhammad Hussein al-Hujairi, the paper added that a Syrian fatality was also reported on the other side of the border but provided no names.
The daily Ad-Diyar on Sunday said that rocket propelled grenades were launched between Bab al-Tabaneh and Baal Muhsen districts in Tripoli on Saturday evening.
The Lebanese army intervened to contain the situation.