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Armed men walk in the streets of Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon following clashes on August 22, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mahmoud Zayyat)

Ain el-Hilweh Residents: Fed up with Tension and Death

by Sarah Hoteit | Aug 19, 2017 | Middle East

Ain el-Hilweh (South Lebanon)- Cautious calm prevailed on Friday in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon although a second round of fighting might erupt any minute if efforts to hand over wanted extremists to the Lebanese sate failed. On...

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File photo shows a Lebanese army soldier manning a checkpoint at the entrance to Arsal. (AFP)

Security Agencies on Alert to Confront ISIS Project to Turn Lebanon into ‘Alternate’ Front

by Paula Astih | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese security forces have been on alert for months in anticipation of a possible ISIS plan to find “alternate fields” for its operations in the region after the collapse of its forces in Iraq and Syria. To that end, Lebanese authorities have been...

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An ambulance leaves the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Lebanon Army Arrests Top Palestinian Terror Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2017 | Middle East

A Palestinian militant wanted for planning bomb attacks in Lebanon was detained by the army on Saturday at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported. Palestinian factions in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp handed over...

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A man stands on a bullet-riddled building inside the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, southern Lebanon, April 13, 2017. (Reuters)

Fears Rise over Renewal of Clashes in Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh

by Paula Astih | May 2, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Unknown assailants tossed on Sunday night seven grenades in Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, raising fear of the renewal of bloody clashes in the camp. Tensions had been high in the area after the hardline factions rejected the plan to...

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A view shows the damage inside the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, southern Lebanon on April 11, 2017. (Reuters)

Ain el-Hilweh Picks up the Pieces after Latest Round of Clashes

by Paula Astih | Apr 14, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Residents of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh began picking up the pieces following the latest round of armed clashes in the volatile camp in southern Lebanon. Palestinian leaders vowed that they would break up the Bilal Badr armed Islamist group...