At least 14 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded by militant rocket attacks on government-held areas in the flashpoint Syrian city of Aleppo.
Four rockets have hit the northeastern Lebanese city of Hermel wounding two soldiers and a civilian.
Video, released by militants on the internet, shows a Syrian army chopper using flare to block a rocket fired by militants.
Israel has claimed responsibility for the rocket fires in the Mediterranean Sea, saying it was a test fire after Russian Defense Ministry announced the incident.