Lebanon?s army today moved into a besieged refugee camp in northern Lebanon where a group of militants have been hiding.
Battles raged around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, killing 14 people, as Lebanese troops tightened the noose around al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched there.
At least fourteen people were killed in fierce fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, security sources said.
Battles raged around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday as Lebanese troops tightened the noose around al Qaeda-inspired militants holed up there.
Heavy artillery barrages by Lebanon's army on the refugee camp were continuing, while armor drew up outside the camp. The army says it has destroyed positions from which militants attacked troops and civilians, and "tightened the ring" around them.
Under the cover of artillery barrages, dozens of Lebanese army tanks and armored carriers moved toward a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon Friday in pursuit of Islamic militants holed up inside.
At least two Lebanese soldiers and 12 people were killed in fierce fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, security sources said.
Fighting erupted anew on Friday between troops besieging a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon and Islamist militants holed up inside, where the humanitarian situation was described as desperate.
An international criminal tribunal set up to prosecute the killers of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is indeed a precedent in the Middle East -- a turbulent region which has been long plagued by political assassinations.
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese tanks and armored vehicles battled their way into the outer neighborhoods of a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday in some of the heaviest fighting since violence broke out between...