Gunmen kill four Shias in eastern Lebanon

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Gunmen have killed at least four Shia Muslims in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, Lebanese security sources say."Gunmen killed three members of the Jaafar family and a man from the Amhaz family as they were passing through the Qaa area of the Bekaa," the unnamed security source said on Sunday.According to the reports, a fifth man was also seriously injured in the attack.Although the gunmen remain unidentified, foreign-backed so-called Free Syrian Army militants fighting the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad have been infiltrating through the border with Syria firing rockets at residents of the heavily Shia populated region.On Wednesday, the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) launched at least four rockets into Bekaa Valley.Also, on June 5, the foreign-backed militants launched at least twelve Grad rockets on Baalbek, wounding at least one child.The region is a stronghold of the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.On June 15, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on the army to pursue the attackers responsible for firing a number of rockets at the border towns and villages of Bekaa Valley.The Syria crisis began in mid-March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have been killed in the violence.Several international human rights organizations say the foreign-sponsored militants have committed war crimes.Damascus says the West and its regional allies including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are supporting the militants. /129