Lebanese troops pounded al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the group rejected demands to surrender.
Factions from across Lebanon's political divide gave their support Friday to a proposal from former colonial power France to chair informal fence-mending talks.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has called on Lebanon to agree to a negotiated end to a standoff between Islamic extremists and the Lebanese army at a Palestinian refugee camp.
An explosion in Lebanon killed at least one person Friday and a sniper at a refugee camp killed a Lebanese soldier.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese tanks and artillery again pounded Islamists holed up inside a refugee camp on Friday, as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused neighbouring Syria of links to the militants.
Islamic militants killed a soldier Thursday in a Palestinian camp where violence has raged for three weeks, and a bombing in a Christian town killed at least one man in the latest in a string of explosions that has shaken Lebanon since the fighting erupted.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon : Lebanese tanks and artillery again pounded Islamists holed up inside a refugee camp on Friday, as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused neighbouring Syria of links to the militants.
nahr al-bared, Lebanon • Lebanese troops pounded Al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon yesterday after the group rejected demands to surrender.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon — Lebanese tanks and artillery again pounded Islamists holed up inside a refugee camp on Friday, as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused neighboring Syria of links to the militants.
Islamic militants killed a soldier Thursday in a Palestinian refugee camp where violence has raged for weeks, and a bomb went off in a Christian town near Beirut — the latest in a series of explosions that have shaken Lebanon since the fighting erupted.