Lebanese army insists on militants' surrender
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The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of the leaders of a militant group holed up at a Palestinian camp is complicating efforts to mediate an end to fighting there, a Palestinian political source said on Thursday.
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Lebanese infantry battled Islamic militants at close range Sunday, moving deep into a besieged Palestinian refugee camp and hoisting Lebanon's red-and-white flag atop newly taken buildings, security officials and witnesses said.
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Israel would be ready to call a cease-fire with Hezbollah if its captured soldiers are returned, the Lebanese army deploys along the countries&#039; shared border and the future disarmament of the militia can be guaranteed, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - At least 20 militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed in a battle on Sunday when fighters from the Fatah al-Islam group tried to flee a Palestinian refugee camp, a security source said.
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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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&gt; BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops resumed their shelling of a Palestinian refugee camp on Tuesday, trying to force the surrender of al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched amid thousands of civilians.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops took control on Sunday of a Palestinian refugee camp where they had been battling militants for more than three months, killing at least 31 fighters who tried to flee, security sources said.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 1 -- The radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies escalated Lebanon's month-long political crisis into a popular confrontation Friday, sending hundreds of thousands of supporters into the streets of downtown Beirut and vowing to stay, in smaller numbers, until they topple...
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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  - Fighting between Lebanese troops and an al Qaeda inspired group resumed on Saturday, a day after troops overran positions held by the militants in a Palestinian refugee camp, witnesses said.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops, backed by artillery, tanks and gunships, tightened their grip on al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, the third day of a military assault to crush the gunmen.
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A Hezbollah Cabinet minister said Wednesday that the guerrilla group will not release two captured Israeli soldiers unconditionally, and that they would only be freed in a prisoner exchange.
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The Beirut government insists it will hold a presidential vote, despite the killing of an anti-Syrian politician.
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Authorities insisted they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed
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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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American troops are facing resistance in rebel strongholds in northern Fallujah despite claiming they have trapped the insurgents in the south of the city.