Bomb kills 2 Lebanese soldiers near Syria border
BEIRUT - Attackers detonated a roadside bomb against a passing army truck near the Syrian border Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding three in the latest spillover from the civil war next door.
The violence appeared to be the latest in tensions between Lebanese troops and Syrian Islamic extremist rebels crossing the border in a spillover of Syria's civil war. The bomb exploded Friday near the army patrol outside the border town of Arsal, an area of repeated clashes, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Prime Minister Tammam Salam blamed jihadi extremists for the bombing in a statement by his office. Officials said earlier that that attack was a rocket but later said it was a roadside bomb. Salam's statement and state-run National News Agency also said it was a bomb.
