Deadly firefights in a Palestinian camp in south Lebanon and a bus bombing in the capital opened new fronts for the army on Monday as it battles to crush an Al-Qaeda-inspired militia in a 16-day standoff in the north of the country.
Islamist gunmen killed two Lebanese soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Monday, the first fatal spillover from fighting between the army and al Qaeda-inspired fighters in the north.
Deadly firefights in a Palestinian camp in south Lebanon opened a new front for the army on Monday as it battles to crush an Al-Qaeda-inspired militia in a 16-day standoff in the north of the country.
President Bush spoke from Air Force One Monday with Saad Hariri, leader of the majority party in Lebanon's parliament, partly about the Lebanese Army's showdown with Palestinian militants.
The United States may provide Lebanon's armed forces with more military aid in their battle against Islamists holed up in a northern refugee camp, the White House said Monday.
Two Lebanese soldiers and two militants were killed in fighting in the Palestinian refugee camp Ein al Hilweh in southern Lebanon early Monday, sparking fears violence could spread further.
Deadly firefights raged in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon early on Monday, opening a new front for the army as it battles to crush an Al-Qaeda inspired militia in the north of the country in a 16-day standoff.
One hundred and eight people have been killed in 16 days of fighting between the army and Islamist extremists in Lebanon, military and hospital sources said Monday.
Lebanon's army pounded Islamic militants hiding in a bombed-out Palestinian refugee camp Sunday for the third straight day, while fighting erupted outside another camp in the south, stoking fears of widespread violence breaking out in the country.
Two soldiers were killed in fierce fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon as troops continued to bombard Islamist militants in another camp in the north of the country.