BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's defense minister declared victory Thursday over the Fatah Islam militant group, saying it had been crushed after a month-long military assault on its stronghold in a northern refugee camp and only mopping up remained.
Lebanon's defense minister declared victory Thursday over the Fatah Islam militant group, saying it had been crushed after a monthlong military assault on its stronghold in a northern refugee camp and only mopping up remained.
Lebanon declared victory on Thursday in its 33-day war against an al Qaeda-inspired militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp and said its military operation there was over.
Lebanon on Thursday declared victory in its 33-day war against an al Qaeda-inspired militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp and said its military operation there was over.
Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday the army's military operation against al Qaeda-inspired militants was over after the military destroyed all the militants' positions.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and stability in Lebanon when she meets world leaders on Sunday and Monday in Paris, her spokesman said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of the leaders of a militant group holed up at a Palestinian camp is complicating efforts to mediate an end to fighting there, a Palestinian political source said on Thursday.
Lebanon says a military operation against Islamist fighters at a Palestinian refugee camp has ended.
Lebanon's defense minister said the Fatah Islam militant group holed up in a northern refugee camp has been defeated after a month-long military operation, and that only mopping-up operations remain.
The end may be in sight for "Lebanon's worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war."