Tuesday, September 17, 2013

An armed clash took place on Tuesday evening between supporters of the militant group Jund al-Sham and Fatah members in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, the state-run National News Agency reported."The clash took place after Jund al-Sham supporters attacked a Fatah office in the camp,” the NNA said.It detailed: “Shells and machine guns were used in the fighting.”LBCI television said that one person was wounded in the clash, remarking that the fighting erupted after security cameras were targeted with gunshots.Meanwhile, al-Jadeed television revealed that a number of the Taamir neighborhood residents have fled their houses and took refuge in the Mousalli mosque to avoid the armed clashes.Ain el-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor extremists and fugitives.By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the Palestinians themselves. 
[ed notes:jund al sham,enemy of lebanon and syria,and palestinians..also see...  

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