DAMASCUS
(Sputnik) — According to the source, the blast occurred near the
building of a former police station. All three passengers were killed
in the blast and were identified as Syrian nationals according
to preliminary data, he added. “An off-road vehicle exploded in the Aarsal
town … Three people were killed, it is difficult yet to say how many
were injured. It is likely a terror act,” the source said. Aarsal, located on the Syrian-Lebanese border, has been one of the
most unstable of Lebanon’s inhabited areas during the last three years.
The town has been infiltrated by terrorists who exploit the region
in order to establish secure ways to smuggle arms and militants
through the Syrian border. The Lebanese army, as well as the Shiite movement Hezbollah,
regularly track the locations of militants in the mountainous canyons
in the Aarsal area and shell them in attempts to prevent terrorists
from entering Lebanese territory.