(BEIRUT & DAMASCUS, Syria) — Lebanon's official news agency says a Syrian jet has fired a missile that slammed into a house on the outskirts of a Lebanese border town. The National News Agency says the attack hit the edge of the town of Arsal on the Lebanese side of the frontier on Wednesday. The report said there were no casualties, although the strike did cause material damage. Lebanon has been on edge since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began more than two years ago. Lebanese gunmen supporting opposing sides of the Syrian conflict have frequently clashed in Lebanon, raising concerns that fighting could spread and reignite Lebanon's explosive sectarian mix. Arsal is a Sunni Muslim town that has backed opposition fighters in Syria. Arms smuggling into Syria is widespread in the area. Syria's military is warning rebels against pressing an ongoing offensive into Damascus, saying the push by opposition fighters into the capital means their "certain death." Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have established strongholds in the suburbs surrounding the capital during the two-year-old-conflict. In recent weeks, they've stepped up mortar attacks on the center of the city, bringing the conflict closer to the seat of Assad's power. A military commander told the pro-government al-Watan newspaper that any advance by the rebels on Damascus means "certain death for them and their leaders." The commander, who is not named in the Wednesday report, said the bravery of government troops on the battlefield is keeping Damascus safe. PHOTOS: The Syrian Civil War: Photographs by Alessio Romenzi(http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&blog=19871253&post=79469&subd=timeglobalspin&ref=&feed=1)
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