Armed gunmen robbed two shops in the northern district of Akkar , the state-run National News Agency reported.

One of the shops, a cell phone maintenance and retail store, is owned by local trader Khaled Abdul Rahman al-Zaabi, the other, a vegetable shop, is owned by Ghassan Massoud al-Zaabi. Both shops in the Mashha area of the region were robbed early Thursday morning, the NNA reported.

The owners filed a complaint with a local branch of the Internal Security Forces.

Mashha Mayor Khaled Abdel Kader al-Zaabi called on security forces to accelerate investigation. He said many similar incidents have been occurring in the area, with houses, farms and Syrian refugee informal settlements in the outskirts of the town being robbed.