Lebanese troops battled Sunni Islamist militants based in a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday and 50 people were killed in Lebanon's bloodiest internal feuding since a 1975-90 civil war.
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese tanks pounded the headquarters of a group with suspected links to al Qaeda in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli Sunday after the northern city's worst clashes in two decades killed 22 soldiers and 17 militants.
The shadowy militant group Fatah Islam, whose leader has been linked to al-Qaida in Iraq, has quickly emerged as the latest security threat to Lebanon.
Lebanese troops battled Islamist militants based in a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday and 48 people were killed in Lebanon's bloodiest internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanese troops battled al Qaeda-linked militants based in a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday and 38 people were killed in Lebanon's bloodiest internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon's army battled al Qaeda-linked militants who threatened to open "gates of fire" after clashes which killed 21 people, 13 of them soldiers, on Sunday.
Lebanon's government vows to continue its offensive against militants who killed 23 troops in clashes on Sunday.
Lebanese troops battled al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Lebanon on Sunday and at least 19 people were killed, 11 of them soldiers, security and medical sources said.
Images from Tripoli, Lebanon, where dozens of soldiers and militants have been killed in clashes.
Lebanese troops battled al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Lebanon on Sunday and at least 11 people were killed, seven of them soldiers, security sources said.