by Paula Astih | Aug 22, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut– Successive ceasefire agreements in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon since last Thursday have failed to restore security in the area. The latest agreement was reached on Monday afternoon through a decision by the Palestinian...
by Paula Astih | Apr 12, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Clashes in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon came to a halt on Tuesday after Lebanese and Palestinian parties forced the Fatah Movement to accept a deal that ends the clashes with the “Bilal Badr” group. The deal stipulates...
by Paula Astih | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The current fighting in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian camp in south Lebanon alerts of further developing amid attempts to form additional movements of extremist forces inside the camp to confront the Fatah Movement. Clashes erupted on Friday night...
by Paula Astih | Feb 24, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Tension has escalated in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, Ain al-Hilweh, with the arrival of President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas to Beirut. Abbas is scheduled for a three-day visit to Beirut. Extremist armed factions nestled in the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 12, 2016 | Middle East
A car bomb exploded in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon, killing an official from the Palestinian Fatah movement on Tuesday, an official from the group said. Photographs of the blast site near a Palestinian refugee camp showed scorched body parts lying near a car in...
