Three rockets have fallen Baabda district near the Defense Ministry and the presidential palace causing state of fear among citizens
Three rockets have fallen Baabda district near the Defense Ministry and the presidential palace causing state of fear among citizens.
“A rocket fell near the (army's) Command and Staff College in al-Rayhaniyeh as another rocket hit the garden of Elham Freiha's house, and both were fired from al-Mwanseh area in Dhour Aramoun,” state-run National News Agency reported.
Some media reports said the rockets were fired from a barren area in Souk al-Gharb near Aley.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from Thursday night’s incident.
Al-Jadeed television said a rocket fell around 100 meters away from the presidential palace as Agence France Presse said it landed around 100 meters away from the palace's back entrance.
“The house of the army's intelligence director (Brig. Gen. Edmond Fadel) is close to the house of the Freiha family where one of the rockets landed,” al-Jadeed said.