Shelling at Masharih al-Qaa wounds 4 Syrian workers

Four workers, including two children, were wounded Tuesday by Syrian artillery shelling that hit the Lebanese border area of Masharih al-Qaa, security sources said. The sources said the four Syrian workers were wounded when an artillery shell hit a house inside an agriculture project in Masharih al-Qaa, close to the border with Syria. The wounded were identified as Youssef al-Jassem, 12, and his sister Rahaf al-Jassem, 10, Walid al-Jassem, 22, and Misaab Kanaan Shehadeh, 26. Except for Shehadeh, who was transferred to Dar al-Amal hospital in Baalbek due to severe leg injuries, the other workers were taken to the public hospital in Hermel, east Lebanon. The state-run National News Agency said that the shelling occurred during an exchange of gunfire on the Lebanese-Syrian border between members of the rebel Free Syrian Army and Syrian border guards. Lebanon’s northern and eastern borders with Syria have witnessed frequent exchanges of fire in recent weeks, some of them deadly, as well as shelling from Syria into Lebanese territory. In July, the Lebanese Army deployed troops in north Lebanon as well as the northern and eastern border with Syria following a spate of deadly incidents along the shared border. From DailyStar