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Palestinian figures have urged Lebanon to be cautious in dealing with fugitive militant Abdel-Rahman Awad. Awad is thought to be hiding in Ain al-Hilweh, on the outskirts of Sidon, Lebanon. A PLO official in Lebanon and a Fatah official warned against actions that may “destabilize the volatile camp.” Awad is a senior member of the [...]
The March 14 Forces, a coalition of political groups in Lebanon, called upon the Arab League to create a fact-finding commission to investigate the Fatah al-Islam group. This group has been implicated in many acts of violence in Lebanon, and many members were found hiding out in a refugee camp in the country’s northern region. [...]
Lebanon and Syria agreed today to enhance border patrol and counter-terrorism mesures between the two nations. This is the next step to strengthen diplomatic ties. Cross-border smuggling has been a concern of the Syrians and has been the reasoning behind the movement of 10,000 troops to the border between Lebanon and Syria. This counter-terror effort [...]
Syrian state television has aired a number of televised confessions from alleged members of Fatah al-Islam, a group that Lebanon has accused Syria of supporting violence against them. Fatah al-Islam has links to al-Qaeda. The confessions were regarding a car bombing in September that killed 17 people in Damascus. These confessions have aroused suspicion for [...]
Lebanon’s public prosecutor, Said Mirza, accused 34 men of belonging to an militant Islamist cell behind bombing attacks against the Lebanese army on Tuesday. The accused men included Syrian, Saudi, Lebanese, and Palestinian citizens, and eight of the individuals captured were known fugitives. The militant group that Mirza linked the men to was, Fatah al-Islam–an [...]
