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Al-Qaeda plays with explosives in #Ain_al-Hilweh
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-plays-explosives-ain-al-hilweh

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Fighters are seen along a street in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on 12 March 2013, after one person was killed and several wounded in clashes that erupted in the camp. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat) Fighters are seen along a street in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on 12 March 2013, after one person was killed and several wounded in clashes that erupted in the camp. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

After the assassination attempt on Colonel #Talal_al-Urduni’s life on May 19, opponents of the #Fatah Movement in Ain al-Hilweh [Palestinian refugee camp] upgraded their weaponry from shells and (...)

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A new security plan for #Ain_al-Hilweh
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/new-security-plan-ain-al-hilweh

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Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Saida, #Lebanon. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Saida, #Lebanon. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

Tensions are escalating in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. In the past, people feared a clash between the #Fatah Movement and Islamist groups, but today they are more concerned about a possible confrontation between Islamists themselves. Such tensions may threaten the Palestinian initiative to isolate the refugee camps from ongoing internal and regional conflicts and undermine the memorandum of understanding signed between different Islamist factions that have come together under the group known as the (...)

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Fears as Islamist fighters flock to Lebanon | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR
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According to information from Salafist activist sources in north Lebanon, a large number of Lebanese fighters from #Jund_al-Sham and their families – believed to number around 1,000 – survived a secondary Syrian army ambush near the border area of Bqaiaa.

Locals fear that the presence of Syrian fighters along with defeated Lebanese militants could stoke sectarian tensions at a time when the country’s northern capital, #Tripoli, is already the stage for heavy clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria’s President Bashar Assad.

When contacted by The Daily Star, several residents said that they were very afraid of the possible consequences but were too scared to elaborate further.

North Lebanon residents fear that fighters returning from Syria will have been imbued with radical, fundamentalist beliefs, gained extensive fighting experience in the field and will possess a readiness to both kill and die for their cause. Jund al-Sham is close to the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and the Nusra Front and looks down upon sheikhs who call for moderation.

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Syrian Opposition Militants Holed Up in #Krak_des_Chevaliers “Waiting for their Turn”
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A rebel fighter poses for a picture inside a building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abdel Rahman) A rebel fighter poses for a picture inside a building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abdel Rahman)

The militants occupying Krak des Chevaliers, the famed crusader castle between Homs and the Mediterranean coast, are anxiously following the battles in the town of Zara, as if they are waiting for their turn to come.

Radwan Mortada

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