Parliament Speaker Berri warned that terrorist groups are seeking to “turn Lebanon into an arena for jihad.” President Sleiman condemned recent terror attacks in Lebanon and vowed to arrest those behind them, including the masterminds. Six rockets launched from Syria hit the city of Hermel yesterday, wounding two soldiers and a civilian. The rocket attacks were claimed jointly by “the Nusra Front in Lebanon and the Marwan Hadid Brigades.” The US added the head of the Lebanon branch of the Al Nusrah Front, Usamah Amin al Shihabi, to its list of global terrorists. The Marwan Hadid Brigades, a jihadist group based in Hama in Syria, has claimed other attacks in Lebanon already this year.
