NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday and three soldiers died in the heavy battles, security sources said.
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.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon — Three Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in clashes with Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp, as mediators announced a setback in efforts to broker a peaceful end to the 21-day siege.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday and three soldiers died in the heavy battles, security sources said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon When Shaker Youssef al-Absi showed up at a Palestinian refugee camp last year and offered commandoes to fight the Israelis, fellow fighters received him with enthusiasm. They gave his 60 or so recruits weapons and military training.
HEAVY FIRE: Smoke from artillery and tank shelling rise from the Palestinian Nahr Al Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon June 9. Artillery and tanks blasted several areas of the squalid camp, where Fatah Al Islam fighters have shown stiff resistance in three weeks of often ferocious battles.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday, almost three weeks after fighting broke out.
Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in new clashes with al-Qaeda-inspired militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. Security sources in Lebanon said 21 more Lebanese troops were wounded in the heavy battles in and around the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp on Saturday.
PEOPLE in Bahrain are being urged to come to the aid of Palestinian refugees who have been forced to flee the conflict between militants and government soldiers in northern Lebanon.
Lebanon's army on Saturday pounded Islamic militants hiding in the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in renewed heavy clashes following a few days of intermittent fighting.