Israel Air Force fighters shot down two Syrian MIG fighters in renewed aerial warfare over Lebanon today, a military spokesman reported. He said the Syrian planes had attempted to interfere with Israeli attacks on Syrian artillery which had been shelling Israeli positions near the Beirut-Damascus highway.
Heavy artillery exchanges were reported today along a 30 kilometer front east of Beirut.
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