BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian troops exchanged fire with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups in northeast Lebanon overnight and into Monday in a new round of clashes along the border. The mountainous frontier has been a flashpoint in the three months since Islamist rebels toppled Syria's Bashar al-Assad,

Syrian troops overnight into Monday exchanged fire with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups in northeast Lebanon in a new round of clashes along the border. The mountainous frontier is said to have been a flashpoint in the three months since Islamist rebels toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad,

Lebanon's Defence Minister Michel Menassa and Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra have agreed on a ceasefire after two days of clashes along the border, the two governments said late on Monday. The defence ministries said they had agreed on continuing contact between their army intelligence directorates to prevent more deterioration on the