In Lebanon's camps, rising sympathy for Islamists
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Recent battles between Lebanese police and Fatah al-Islam militants anger local residents.
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BEDDAWI CAMP, Lebanon  - They appeared as if from nowhere. They prayed and read the Koran on the streets, zig-zagged on motorbikes through the camp. Some said they steeled themselves swimming in freezing streams; but rarely did they speak to anyone.
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KHIAM, Lebanon -- Yellow Hezbollah banners flutter throughout the hilltop villages of southern Lebanon where Mohammed Ghosen, a portly 32-year-old, has helped build the party into a political and military authority over the years.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanon charged 11 members of Fatah al-Islam with terrorism on Wednesday and Lebanese troops battled jihadists from the militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp in the north for an 11th day.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops unleashed artillery and tank barrages at al Qaeda-inspired militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp early on Sunday, before fighting eased for the first time in three days.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants fought sporadically at a refugee camp in north Lebanon on Wednesday and a Palestinian force took up positions to defuse tension at another camp in the south.
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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.
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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters set up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday, starting an open-ended sit-in with a carnival atmosphere intended to pressure the U.S.-backed government of Fuad Saniora into ...Comment
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanon charged 20 members of Fatah al-Islam with terrorism on Wednesday and Lebanese troops battled jihadists from the militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp in the north for an 11th day.
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Lebanese are being squeezed, no longer just by fear of bombs, but by the realities of checkpoints and roving patrols of soldiers.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants and Lebanese troops fought intermittently at a Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday as the army tried to force the gunmen out of their hide-outs.
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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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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon threatened on Wednesday to take their fight to other parts of the country and beyond if the Lebanese army did not stop attacking a Palestinian refugee camp.
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A mother choked up as she thought of her children stuck in south Lebanon, where Israeli bombing is fiercest. A restaurateur railed against Hezbollah for sparking the conflict. A refugee pledged her life to the militant group.
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Sporadic gunfire and artillery shelling rang out from a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday as the army fought to uproot Fatah Islam militants holed up in the settlement.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Heavy fighting erupted on Friday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, witnesses said.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops advanced for the first time on Sunday into a Palestinian refugee camp as they battled al Qaeda-inspired militants, and two soldiers were killed raising the military death toll to 100.