Lebanon

The Lebanese Army stormed Fatah al-Islam positions on the outskirts of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp near Tripoli. “We have encircled the building where the group’s leader, Shaker Abssi, is holed up, and our forces are a 150 meters away,” an unnamed Army officer said. Three soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in today’s fighting.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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