On Wednesday, the Beirut-based al-Mayadeen television station broadcast what it said were armed members of the Meqdad family.

WSJ: Syria Sends Shocks Through Lebanon, Mideast

Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen TV, that has several reporters around Syria, said one of the strikes targeted a military position in the village of Saboura, west of Damascus and about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the Lebanon border.

NPR: Israeli Warplanes Strike Syria In Escalation

The Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen, seen as sympathetic to the Syrian regime, quoted Lebanese security officials as saying 17 fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, a rebel group linked to the global al-Qaida terror network, were killed in the fighting.

NPR: Hezbollah, Syrian Rebels In Worst Clash In Lebanon