Lebanon is set for the long haul in a bid to peacefully end a standoff with Islamist militants holed up at a battered refugee camp, a government source said Sunday, as the two sides again traded gunfire after dark.
A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said on Sunday military action was not on the table for ending a standoff between the Lebanese army and militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.
Lebanon is set for the long haul in a bid to end a standoff with Islamist militants holed up at a northern refugee camp without further bloodshed, a senior government source said Sunday.
Lebanon has given Palestinian groups until the middle of the week to negotiate an end to a deadly standoff between troops and an Islamist militia holed up in a squalid refugee camp.
(RTTNews) - The Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has given Palestinian factions until the middle of the week to negotiate a peaceful end to a standoff between its security forces and Islamic militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Palestinian mediators pressed for a negotiated solution to a weeklong siege of a Palestinian refugee camp Sunday, with the Lebanese government demanding the surrender of Islamic militants inside but reluctant to rush into an all-out assault.
Sporadic gunbattles flared overnight between Lebanese troops and Islamist fighters holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp amid efforts to reach a negotiated solution to the worst internal strife since Lebanon's civil war.
Bared, Lebanon (ANTARA News) - Fresh fighting broke out on Sunday between the Lebanese army and guerrillas in a Palestinian refugee camp, but a senior member of the governing coalition said there were no plans to end the standoff by military means.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Fresh fighting broke out on Sunday between the Lebanese army and militants in a Palestinian refugee camp, but a senior member of the governing coalition said there were no plans to end the standoff by military means.
Another informal truce has been shattered in northern Lebanon as fresh fighting broke out between the Lebanese army and militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.