Residents of of Hermel girded for revenge Sunday after a surge of rocket attacks by Syrian opposition rebels against this Shiite-populated town and adjacent areas in Lebanon's northern Bekaa Valley.
The increase in rocket fire over the past week comes amid heavy clashes in Syria between the Syrian Army and mainly Sunni rebel fighters opposed to President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The rebels are fighting to retain control of a string of villages located west ofQusayr, a strategically-placed Sunni-populated town five miles north of the border with Lebanon that lies in rebel hands.
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Michael D. Shoesmith
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