At Least 39 Dead in Gunbattle Between Islamic Militants, Security Forces in Lebanon

 AP

May 20: Lebanese special forces run on a highway leading to the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese army tanks on Sunday pounded the hideouts of a suspected Al Qaeda-linked militant group inside a Palestinian refugee camp in a determined attempt to rout them out after hours of clashes killed at least 22 soldiers and 17 militants.

The violence between the country’s army and the shadowy Fatah Islam group in this northern city and adjacent Nahr el-Bared refugee camp added another destabilizing factor to already shaky Lebanon.

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