Lebanon dragged in as Hezbollah joins Syria war
- 11 years ago
Lebanon's Shi'ite city of Hermel, a sprawling agricultural town of around 100,000 on Lebanon's border with Syria.
Damage from missles fired from it's war-torn neighbour now mark the pastoral town, signs that Syria's civil war is spilling over-- with the risk of reigniting Lebanon's own 15-year sectarian civil war.
None of the missles have caused injuries, yet. But residents say they're afraid.
(SOUNDBITE) (ARABIC) LEBANESE WOMAN, ZEINAB, SAYING:
"This is too much -- it hit near our home. Where the rocket landed was an empty building, but what would have happened if it hit my house? Our house is packed.''
The mayor of Hermel said the missiles were fired by Syrian rebels, or as he calls them: "terrorists".
He denied men from his pro-Hezbollah town are making the 10 km trip north to fight in Syria.
But Hezbollah militants are reportedly battling alongside the army of their ally President Bashar al-Assad-- against rebel units-- in a conflict which
Damage from missles fired from it's war-torn neighbour now mark the pastoral town, signs that Syria's civil war is spilling over-- with the risk of reigniting Lebanon's own 15-year sectarian civil war.
None of the missles have caused injuries, yet. But residents say they're afraid.
(SOUNDBITE) (ARABIC) LEBANESE WOMAN, ZEINAB, SAYING:
"This is too much -- it hit near our home. Where the rocket landed was an empty building, but what would have happened if it hit my house? Our house is packed.''
The mayor of Hermel said the missiles were fired by Syrian rebels, or as he calls them: "terrorists".
He denied men from his pro-Hezbollah town are making the 10 km trip north to fight in Syria.
But Hezbollah militants are reportedly battling alongside the army of their ally President Bashar al-Assad-- against rebel units-- in a conflict which