An Islamist preacher barred from Britain two years ago for his radical views said on Thursday the militants besieged in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon will be destroyed.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Lebanese army helicopters and artillery fired on Friday at Islamist fighters who had retreated into the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp after troops captured all their outlying positions.
Sporadic shooting echoed around the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Friday despite a decision by Beirut to play a waiting game with Islamists militants still holed up inside.
An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army claimed victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.
Sporadic gunfire and occasional blasts were heard Friday from a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after Lebanon's defense minister declared that Islamic militants inside the camp were defeated and that major combat was over.
An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army and Islamist militants declared a truce in 33 days of fighting in which 172 people were killed.
Lebanon has announced the end of significant army operations against militants holed up in a northern Palestinian refugee camp as the military closes in on the remaining fighters from Fatah al-Islam, pushing them into a sealed off central area.
As Lebanon 's political deadlock enters its eighth month, there is growing debate over whether a federalist political system could ease sectarian mistrust and growing social divisions.
The Lebanese army says it is continuing military operations aimed at rooting out remaining Fatah Al-Islam fighters in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
The Lebanese army is continuing military operations aimed at rooting out remaining Fatah Al-Islam fighters in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.