Assaults Lebanon

Guerrillas killed two Israeli-allied militiamen in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and wounded a third, Lebanese security officials said. The attacks were the first such incidents since Israel's decision Sunday to pull its troops from the area by July. A militiaman from the South Lebanon Army was killed and another was wounded when guerrillas fired rockets at the Hardon military outpost, two miles north of the Israeli border, officials said.

Guerrillas killed two Israeli-allied militiamen in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and wounded a third, Lebanese security officials said. The attacks were the first such incidents since Israel's decision Sunday to pull its troops from the area by July. A militiaman from the South Lebanon Army was killed and another was wounded when guerrillas fired rockets at the Hardon military outpost, two miles north of the Israeli border, officials said.

Syrian troops stormed dormitories at the American University of Beirut overnight and beat dozens of students with rifle butts, witnesses said Friday. It was the second Syrian raid on the campus in eight months, and it apparently was prompted in part by challenges to Syria's police role in Muslim West Beirut. At least 50 students, most of them Lebanese, were taken to American University Hospital, said one witness, and all but 14 of them had to be hospitalized.

A clandestine group claimed responsibility Saturday for shooting two Poles on Friday night in Muslim West Beirut and warned Warsaw against aiding the exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel. Budgan Serkis, 47, and his wife, Ewa, 30, were shot as they were parking their car, bearing diplomatic plates, near their home in the Hamra district, authorities said.

Gunmen in police uniform burst into Lebanon's Central Bank in Muslim West Beirut and tried to abduct the bank governor, Edmond Naim, 72, but were driven off by guards who opened fire. "They manhandled him, punched him in the face, beat him and insulted him before the Central Bank guards opened fire and forced them to flee," according to one senior army officer in charge of bank security.

A clandestine group claimed responsibility Saturday for shooting two Poles on Friday night in Muslim West Beirut and warned Warsaw against aiding the exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel. Budgan Serkis, 47, and his wife, Ewa, 30, were shot as they were parking their car, bearing diplomatic plates, near their home in the Hamra district, authorities said.

Syrian troops were reported massing near an important Christian garrison today for what the Christians feared will be a new attempt to break through their defenses. New artillery duels killed three people. A police spokesman and sources in Gen. Michel Aoun's army said the Syrians were assembling troops and armor in the central mountains at Douar, east of Beirut.

With the air war over Lebanon entering its second week, Israeli commanders believe they have been able to significantly reduce Hezbollah's military power but plan to press ahead with a campaign that has been running at nearly 300 combat sorties a day. Officials here acknowledge that international pressure for a diplomatic solution will eventually choke off their offensive.

Gunmen in police uniform burst into Lebanon's Central Bank in Muslim West Beirut and tried to abduct the bank governor, Edmond Naim, 72, but were driven off by guards who opened fire. "They manhandled him, punched him in the face, beat him and insulted him before the Central Bank guards opened fire and forced them to flee," according to one senior army officer in charge of bank security.

Syrian troops were reported massing near an important Christian garrison today for what the Christians feared will be a new attempt to break through their defenses. New artillery duels killed three people. A police spokesman and sources in Gen. Michel Aoun's army said the Syrians were assembling troops and armor in the central mountains at Douar, east of Beirut.

Syrian troops stormed dormitories at the American University of Beirut overnight and beat dozens of students with rifle butts, witnesses said Friday. It was the second Syrian raid on the campus in eight months, and it apparently was prompted in part by challenges to Syria's police role in Muslim West Beirut. At least 50 students, most of them Lebanese, were taken to American University Hospital, said one witness, and all but 14 of them had to be hospitalized.