Lebanese president: Syrian attacks on Lebanon unjustified

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that there are no reasons to justify the latest Syrian bombing of Lebanese territories. Syrian military helicopters fired five missiles on Wednesday evening on the Lebanese region of al-Ajram, near Bekaa's border town of Arsal. After meeting with army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji, Suleiman said in a press release that "there are no justification or apparent reasons for the bombing." The Lebanese president said that he had asked the Army Command to hand over "necessary related documents" to the Foreign Ministry, noting that the Syrian bombings "did not target military locations. " The two-year violence in Syria has increasingly spilled over into Lebanon, with cross-border shelling affecting northern and eastern Lebanon. In March, Suleiman denounced the Syrian airstrikes in Lebanese territories, but Damascus, in its first comments on the attacks, denied any involvement. In recent months, there have been reports of fighters and arms being smuggled into Syria via Lebanese territories. Syrian authorities have threatened to attack Lebanon if "terrorists" continue to infiltrate Syria from Lebanon.