The League of Palestinian scholars has stepped in to find a peaceful solution to the crisis of the bombed-out Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp which the Lebanese army has been besieging in its confrontation with the militant Fatah Al-Islam group.
“We are trying our best to reach positive results,” Sheikh Mohammad el-Hajj, the League’s representative in northern Lebanon, reportedly said on May 28.
A three-man delegation of the League, including Hajj, visited the coastal camp on May 27. “The visit took place in coordination with the parties concerned,” he said, but would not clarify whether they had met Fatah Al-Islam leader Shakir el-Absi.
“The talks centred on avoiding the circumstances that led to the current explosive situation.”
A new firefight broke out on May 28 at the besieged Palestinian refugee camp. The rattle of gunfire reverberated around the camp before Lebanese soldiers fired four shells toward the northern entrance where the militiamen are believed to be holding up. Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, backed by tanks, armoured personnel carriers and machinegun-mounted jeeps, are surrounding the coastal shantytown. At least 78 people, including 33 soldiers, 27 militants and 18 civilians, have been killed in deadly clashed between the army and the shadow group since May 20.
SCHOLARS MEDIATE IN LEBANON CRISIS
The League of Palestinian scholars has stepped in to find a peaceful solution to the crisis of the bombed-out Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp which the Lebanese army has been besieging in its confrontation with the militant Fatah Al-Islam group.
