Tensions remained high in Lebanon on Tuesday as government forces battled to crush Islamist militants around a Palestinian refugee camp and another bomb blast struck the capital.
As troops pounded Fatah Islam fighters hiding in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon Tuesday, a camp of 65,000 Palestinian refugees in the south feared the fighting could spread, erupting into intra-Palestinian hostilities.
Italy's Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema on Tuesday arrived in Beirut after talks with its former powerbroker Syria carrying what he called "encouraging elements" to ease the crises in Lebanon.
Lebanon is battling on several fronts Tuesday to crush Islamist militants after deadly firefights broke out in a second Palestinian refugee camp and another bomb blast struck the capital.
Fighting eased on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, battleground for the country's worst internal violence since the civil war.
A leader of the mainstream Palestinian group in Lebanon says seven militants fighting the army have laid down arms.
After nine seasons of ups and down with the most highly regarded boys' basketball program in Lebanon County, Paul Blackburn resigned his post as Lebanon High School's boys' coach yesterday.
Lebanon's drive to revive its tourism industry this summer could be wrecked by ongoing violence and political uncertainty in the country, Reuters reported.
Hamilton Twp. trustees and residents hope their petition against a proposal to annex nearly 143 acres to the village of South Lebanon will be enough to convince Warren County commissioners to reject the idea.
BEIRUT (AP)--Italy's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Syria to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and independence and help control the two countries' joint border.