Nahr el-Bared gefallen

Lebanese troops on Sunday took full control of a devastated refugee camp that had been besieged for three months and held by diehard Islamist militants of Fatah al-Islam, the military said. ... More than 220 people, including 158 Lebanese troops, were killed during the standoff which started on May 20 near the sprawling camp outside the northern city of Tripoli. But Shaker al-Abssi, leader of the group linked ideologically to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda, appeared to have escaped. Ein zweiter Bericht: Eyewitnesses have reported that the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon has fallen and the army appears in complete control and is now chasing the fleeing militants. Dazu: Timeline of Lebanon battle against Islamists Internationale Artikel: 32 militants killed as resistance at refugee camp in Lebanon collapses ++++ Lebanon army takes control of camp after battle ++++ Armee übernimmt Kontrolle von Nahr el Bared im Nordlibanon

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