Israeli strike near Lebanon-Syria border forces crossing closure after partial reopening

An Israeli strike on Friday near a border crossing between northeast Lebanon and Syria forced the crossing to shut after it had been partly reopened, Lebanon’s transport minister Ali Hamieh said.

The strike hit the same location within Syria, just past the Syrian border installation, as an Israeli bombardment last month that closed the crossing, Hamieh said. It had been partly reopened for cars but not trucks, and was now closed again.