Five wounded in southern Beirut rocket attack

BEIRUT, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Two rockets hit the Hezbollah-controlled southern part of Lebanon's capital on Sunday, wounding five people, the state-run National news agency reported.

One Grad rocket landed in a car showroom in the Mar Mikhael district and another struck an apartment building in Chiyah district, the report said.

The attack came after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah overtly defended his group's backing to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.