Smoke rises from the devastated Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon August 2, 2007. Lebanese soldiers on Saturday continued fierce fighting with Islamist militants inside the Palestinian refugee camp. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    BEIRUT, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese soldiers on Saturday continued fierce fighting with Islamist militants inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon, local Future TV reported.

    The army launched heavy shelling on Fatah al-Islam militants strongholds inside the camp, which set off several fires, said the report.

    An army spokesman was quoted as saying that the soldiers advanced deeper inside the camp and seized several buildings where Fatah al-Islam militants were holed up.

    Meanwhile, fresh Katyusha rockets fired by the militants fell near the Deir Ammar power plant, inflicting more damage on its facilities.

    The Lebanese army have been battling with the militants of Fatah al-Islam in the Nahr al-Bared camp since May 20. The bloodiest internal violence since the Lebanese 1975-1990 civil war has killed more than 200 people.

    The army has refused to halt its military offensive before the militants surrender, but the gunmen have vowed to fight to the death.

    The Lebanese government lists Fatah al-Islam as a terrorist network aimed at destabilizing Lebanon.

 
Ferocious fighting rages on in N Lebanese camp

Battles raged on around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday as Lebanese troops tightened grip on the Fatah al-Islam fighters who holed up inside the camp, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera satellite TV station reported. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    BEIRUT, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Battles raged on around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday as Lebanese troops tightened grip on the Fatah al-Islam fighters who holed up inside the camp, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera satellite TV station reported.

    Two soldiers have been killed during the clashes between Lebanese troops and in Nahr al-Bared on Friday, said al-Jazeera.

Heavy fighting resumes in N Lebanese camp

Lebanese army vehicles patrol on a street near Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon Friday, June 1, 2007.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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    BEIRUT, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fighting involving artillery shelling and machine-gun fire resumed on Friday between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants of Fatah al-Islam entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

    Lebanese troops pounded positions of militants with some of the heaviest shelling in 13 days of fighting there, local TV reported. Quoting security sources, the al-Arabiya Satellite TV said elite forces were trying to dislodge militants from some front positions on the edge of Nahr al-Bared camp while artillery batteries were pounding the area as some of the militants have retreated to civilian areas in the camp.

Lebanon charges 20 Fatah al-Islam members with terrorism

    BEIRUT, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon charged 20 members of Fatah al-Islam with terrorism Wednesday, the official Lebanese news agency reported.

    Military Magistrate Jean Fahd indicted all together 20 members of Fatah al-Islam in two batches with charges punishable by the death penalty according to Lebanon's penal code.

Heavy clashes erupt in refugee camp in N Lebanon

    BEIRUT, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Heavy clashes erupted on Tuesday afternoon between the Lebanese army and the Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, puncturing a fragile truce which have been in effect for over a week, according to official Lebanese news agency.

    With the Lebanese army shelling the militants' strongholds and the militants firing gunshots, Tuesday's clashes were the most severe of all the intermittent ones breaking the two sides' fragile truce on last Tuesday.