Lebanon's Jumblatt downplays army action at camp
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A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said on Sunday military action was not on the table for ending a standoff between the Lebanese army and militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon-- Lebanese helicopters and tanks pounded suspected positions of Al Qaeda-inspired militants to dislodge them from their hide - outs at a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, but the group vowed it would not surrender.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Sporadic fighting erupted on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Sunni Islamist militants holed up in a battered Palestinian camp, with no sign of progress in efforts to mediate an end to the 10-day standoff.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Thursday but it was unclear if it was the start of the army's final push against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched inside.
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Why the stalemate in Lebanon has made Israelis more determined to strike harder next time
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The ruling party newspaper in Syria said on Wednesday a decision to redeploy some troops within Lebanon was not linked to relations with Washington and could be reversed if necessary in future.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel began planning for war in Lebanon months before last summer's conflict against Hezbollah guerrillas, countering criticism that he was caught off guard and acted too hastily in launching the military operation, Israeli media reported.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon -- Lebanese troops advanced yesterday under cover of artillery fire upon positions held by Al Qaeda-influenced fighters holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. Four soldiers and one civilian died in some of the heaviest fighting of the two-month standoff.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday dismissed Syrian moves towards redeployment in Lebanon. &quot;We are not seeing any significant change in the Syrian position,&quot; he told Israel Radio.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops pounded suspected positions of al Qaeda-inspired militants to dislodge them from their hideouts at a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday but the group vowed it would not surrender.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in there.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 1 -- Lebanese tanks and armored personnel carriers, backed by an artillery barrage, closed in on a radical Islamic faction based in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, collapsing a tattered cease-fire after a 13-day siege.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops rained down artillery and tank fire on a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in there.
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The Lebanese Army said Sunday that it had taken control of a Palestinian refugee camp where troops had been battling Islamic militants for more than three months.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - The Lebanese army shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants cornered in parts of a Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday and security sources said two more soldiers were killed in the fighting.
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Syria and Lebanon denied on Sunday a redeployment of the Syrian troops in Lebanon and rejected a change of bilateral ties under outside pressures.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army declared victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.