Smoke rises on the Syrian side as seen from the Lebanese village of Masharih Al-Qaa in Bekaa Valley,...
Smoke rises on the Syrian side as seen from the Lebanese village of Masharih Al-Qaa in Bekaa Valley, near the Lebanese Syrian border October 17, 2012. At an abandoned farm on high ground in the no-man?s land between Syria and Lebanon, Syrian refugees watched helplessly as a government helicopter bombed the villages they had fled just a few days ago.Over the space of 30 minutes, the helicopter dropped at least a dozen explosives on the villages lying about 4 km (two miles) away across a stretch olive groves and vegetable fields. Black plumes of smoke rose to the sky after each thump. Picture taken October 17, 2012. To match story SYRIA-CRISIS/BORDER REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)