Lebanon gives rebels last chance to yield
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Militant Islamic groups threaten widespread bloodshed if army tries to seize camp by force.
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Hezbollah fighters have vanished in south Lebanon, melting back into the population. Whether peace holds will depend on how they put up with the newest players in their longtime stronghold: the Lebanese army and a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping force.
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Lebanese leaders vowed on Thursday to stamp out an Islamist militant group that has been fighting the army at a camp in the north of the country.
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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 and Islamist militants declared a truce in 33 days of fighting in which 172 people were killed.
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Lebanon's prime minister vowed to stamp out an Islamist militant group that has been locked in fighting with the Lebanese army at a camp in the north of the country where a fragile truce held for a second day on Thursday.
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BAZOURIYA, Lebanon -- There are two faces to the U.N. force today in Lebanon, ensuring a cease-fire that ended 33 days of war with Israel. One has a certain swagger: more than 4,800 soldiers, 14 French battle tanks, four 155mm artillery guns, 10 Italian amphibious assault vehicles and an array of...
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops advanced towards fortified positions of Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday in what political sources said was the start of a final assault to root out the gunmen.
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Lebanon's government says militants entrenched in a refugee camp must surrender or face more military action.
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The Lebanese government must fully implement a recent U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah or Israel will be less reluctant to attack the Lebanese state if Hezbollah resumes hostilities, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said yesterday.
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Lebanese troops prepared to deploy in   south Lebanon on Thursday to take control of Hizbollah   strongholds with U.N. peacekeepers as Israeli forces gradually   withdraw after a 34-day war with the guerrillas.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon -- Advancing under a barrage of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by Al Qaeda-inspired militants on the outskirts of a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, leaving at least 19 people dead.
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BEIRUT -- Lebanon's defense minister declared victory yesterday over the Fatah Islam militant group, saying it had been crushed after a monthlong military assault on its stronghold in a northern refugee camp and only mopping up remained.
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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.
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Â·  Attempted breakout leaves 32 militants deadÂ· Lebanon's worst violent episode since civil war
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Sporadic gunfire and occasional blasts were heard Friday from a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after Lebanon's defense minister declared that Islamic militants inside the camp were defeated and that major combat was over.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Sept. 2 -- The Lebanese army seized control Sunday of a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after a fierce firefight with members of an al-Qaeda-inspired group, ending a siege that lasted more than three months.
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On Scene: The cease-fire may be holding and Beirut's residents may be returning to normal life, but they know all too well that it may not last