The Lebanese military took control Sunday of a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after fighting with Islamist militants who tried to flee, the government announced Sunday.
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora on Sunday declared victory over terrorism after the army seized the last Islamic militant stronghold in a northern Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
The Lebanese army is finally in full control of a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after a battle that lasted more than 100 days. Lebanon's prime minister broke the news in an address to the nation.
At least 20 Islamist militants were killed in a battle with the Lebanese army on Sunday when the fighters tried to flee a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, a security source said.
Some images from Lebanon, where the government says its army has gained full control of the Nahr El-Bared refugee camp
At least 20 Islamist militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed on Sunday in a battle near a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, a security source said.
Twenty Islamist militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed in a battle on Sunday near a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, a security source said.
Fire severely damaged a home in Lebanon Saturday afternoon.
Islamist fighters besieged in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday launched a failed attempt to escape from the camp but many were killed, captured or wounded, an army spokesman told AFP.
Palestinan camp had been the scene of fighting for three months. MOHAMMARA, Lebanon The last militant stronghold of a Palestinian refugee camp devastated by more than three months of fighting between Islamic fighters and Lebanese soldiers fell to the army on Sunday, security officials said.