A damaged bicycle is pictured as a Free Syrian Army walks past children playing along a street in the besieged area of Homs May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several fighters were killed in an overnight clash between Hezbollah fighters and Syrian rebel forces in Lebanon's eastern border region with Syria, Lebanese security sources said on Sunday.
One source said 15 rebels were killed in the fighting east of the Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek, but the exact toll would not be clear until bodies could be retrieved from the remote and rugged border area. One Hezbollah fighter also died, he said.
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