Today the Syrian border guards opened fire at a Lebanese child and killed him
The state-run National News Agency reported that Abbas Abbas, 13, was shot and seriously wounded by Syrian border guards ( Hajanah) at the Grand River borderline in north Lebanon. He died later from his wounds at the hospital in Akkar .
No explanations were given for both Syrian actions .
Lebanon has been trying to demarcate the borders but Syria has refused . The Syrians do not recognize Lebanon as an independent , and sovereign state .
It is expected that the government of prime minister Fouad Siniora will immediately complain to the United Nations security council about these bloody and outrageous violations of Lebanese sovereignty and urge the UN to put an end to Syrian incursions.
The Syrian troops withdrew under international pressure from Lebanon in April 2005 , after 29 years of military rule following the assassination of Lebanon's former PM Rafik Hariri . Syria was blamed for his murder but it denied any involvement . Syria continues to exercise influence in Lebanon through its Hezbollah-led allies