Syrian forces opened fire across two tense borders, killing a TV journalist in Lebanon and at least two people in a refugee camp in Turkey on the eve of a deadline for a ceasefire plan that seems all but certain to fail.

Syrian forces fired across the border yesterday into a refugee camp in Turkey, wounding at least five people as a UN-brokered plan to end more than a year of violence this week all but collapsed, authorities said.

The bloody conflict in Syria spilled across two borders today, killing a cameraman in Lebanon and wounding at least five people in a refugee camp in Turkey as gunfire flew across the tense frontiers, authorities said.

ISRAELI aircraft attacked suspected weapons factories throughout the Gaza Strip yesterday, pressing an offensive against Palestinian militants despite a pledge by a top Hamas leader to halt rocket fire against Israel.

Israeli aircraft attacked suspected weapons factories throughout the Gaza Strip early today, pushing forward with an offensive against Palestinian militants despite a pledge by a Hamas leader to halt rocket fire against Israel.