[NAHARNET] Armed festivities erupted Thursday in the Syrian-Lebanese border region between the Zoaiter and Jaafar Lebanese clans and fighters from Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
, which consist the core of Syria's new Islamist-led authorities, media reports said.
''The Lebanese clans seized military equipment, killing two HTS members and capturing two others in the Syrian border town of Hawik, which has been historically inhabited by Lebanese residents,'' the reports said.
A shell meanwhile landed on the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of al-Qasr, wounding one person, reportedly a Lebanese Army soldier.
''Following festivities for more than two hours between HTS members and the clans, HTS forces entered the Syrian town of Hawik and Lebanese residents left the town for Lebanese territory, amid the blowing up of some houses at the hands of the HTS,'' reports said.
Fierce festivities were also reported in the Syrian area of Jirmash on Leb
 ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....
's border, also between the area's clans and Syria's new authorities.
The Lebanese Army meanwhile sent major reinforcements to the border area to prevent the entry of button men into Lebanese territory.
According to VDL radio (93.3) , light-, medium- and heavy-caliber weapons were used in the festivities.
Annahar newspaper for its part said that ''the Lebanese town of Hawik which overlaps with the Syrian border has come under fierce shelling from Syria's new administration from the neighboring town of Heet.''
''Mortar shells and 23mm anti-aircraft guns were used, as a number of residents sought to confront its efforts to erect checkpoints in the area to reinforce its authority and halt smuggling,'' the daily said.
A bigwig from the new Syrian administration meanwhile told Annahar that ''military reinforcements arrived yesterday, Wednesday in the area with the aim of securing the border and closing illegal crossings.'' 
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