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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has criticised Syria for a cross-border raid that he said targeted an ambulance in the east of the country, causing no injuries.

Local officials said the attack was carried out on Monday night by Syrian warplanes that fired at an area in the Arsal region of Lebanon, which has regularly been targeted by cross-border strikes.

In a statement on Tuesday, Sleiman said "an ambulance was targeted by Syrian rockets" and called for humanitarian bodies to be protected from "conflict and hostilities."

Local officials confirmed the attack.

"Syrian war planes targeted an ambulance in the Wadi Hmeid area of Arsal, but there were no injuries," an official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.

A security source said planes had fired five rockets in the attack.