Palestinian leaders on Monday tried to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp - the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.
In Lebanon, the standoff between the army and Islamist militants outside the northern city of Tripoli has entered a second week. Negotiators trying to resolve the confrontation in a Palestinian refugee camp say the militants of Fatah al-Islam have outlined a peace offer, but the deal falls short of government demands for a full surrender.
A UN team arrived in Lebanon on Monday to check on reports of arms smuggling from across the border with Syria in violation of UN resolutions, a diplomatic source told AFP.
A new firefight erupted on Monday at a battered refugee camp in Lebanon where the army is besieging an Islamist militia, amid efforts to end the bloodiest internal clashes for decades.
NAHR EL-BARED, Lebanon -- Heavily armed foreign jihadists have been entering Lebanon from Syria from around the time Western authorities noticed a drop in the infiltration of foreign fighters from Syria to Iraq, Lebanese officials say.
The violence in Lebanon over (recent) days, including the clashes in the North and the bombing near a shopping mall in Beirut, ought to serve as a wakeup call to any Lebanese leader who harbors illusions about the state of affairs in this country.
Palestinian religious leaders have been holding talks with leaders of Fatah al-Islam, the Islamic group holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, in a bid to find a political solution to end more than a week of fighting between the militants and the Lebanese army.
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Sporadic clashes erupted Monday between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, injuring one soldier, security officials said.
A UN team arrived in Lebanon on Monday to assess security of the Lebanese-Syrian borders, the UN Information Center said in a press release.
The fog of war — Lebanon and Iraq