Official: A few Syrian soldiers flee to Lebanon

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Source: cnn

A handful of Syrian soldiers trekked across the border into Lebanon over the last two days, the latest report of refugees trickling to safety across the tense national boundary.

Mahmoud Khazaal -- mayor of the Lebanese village of Mokaybleh -- confirmed to CNN Tuesday that three Syrian soldiers have come to Lebanon in the past 48 hours from the Syrian village of Arida, where they were stationed.

They arrived without their weapons, running away from the tensions between soldiers and Arida residents, Khazaal said. They were handed over to the Lebanese army intelligence, which had no comment on the development.

Last week, the United Nations refugee agency also reported that the number of people who left Syria for Lebanon had been around 1,000.

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