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Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp. Lebanese security forces do not enter Palestinian refugee camps, where security is managed by joint committees of Palestinian factions. (file photo)

July 1st, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Palestinian Suspected of Plotting Bomb Attacks Arrested in Lebanon

A Palestinian militant wanted for planning bomb attacks in Lebanon was detained by the army on Saturday at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon

Such incidents have become frequent in recent years in Ain el-Hilweh, the largest of Lebanon's 12 Palestinian refugee camps.

May 1st, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Lebanon: Explosions reported in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp

Members of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Lebanese army soldiers watch as an ambulance evacuates the wounded from Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon during clashes on August 25, 2015. (AFP/File)

September 24th, 2016 - 09:41 GMT

Daesh supporters in Ain el Hilweh jump ship to Nusra: Lebanon

The Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon has been the scene of increased violence and lawlessness. (AFP/File)

September 21st, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Ain el-Hilweh residents protest recurrent killings in refugee camp

The entrance to Lebanon's Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, where most live in squalid conditions, and where its lawlessness has become a refuge for extremists and fugitives. (AFP/File)

August 31st, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon visits Ain el-Hilweh camp amid uptick in violence

The entrance to the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp is seen in Sidon, Lebanon. (AFP/File)

August 5th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Palestinian man shot and killed in Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh camp

Gunmen march through Sidon's Ain al-Helweh camp. (AFP/Mahmoud Zayat)

July 30th, 2016 - 08:21 GMT

Hardline groups claim they have no intention to destabilize Ain el Helweh camp in Lebanon

Members of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Lebanese army soldiers watch as an ambulance evacuates the wounded from Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp. (AFP/File)

May 10th, 2016 - 04:56 GMT

Hand grenade thrown in Ain Al Helweh camp, no casualties

State news said eight grenades were tossed in the camp's neighborhoods overnight as tensions between rival factions continued. (AFP/File)

September 13th, 2015 - 09:29 GMT

Security investigates after grenades thrown in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camp

Clashes between rival Palestinian groups left two dead and at least three injured Monday evening in Ain el-Hilweh after a recent string of violence. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2015 - 08:34 GMT

Three killed, at least 35 injured in south Lebanon refugee camp

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March 10th, 2014 - 05:12 GMT

Fatah official killed in refugee camp in Lebanon

Two bombs struck the Lebanese capital between November and December 2013 (File Archive/AFP)

January 2nd, 2014 - 09:49 GMT

Iran urges Lebanon to investigate Saudi man linked to Iranian embassy bomb in Beirut

Tripoli was put under government-ordered military control this week due to fatal sectarian clashes in the city over the past months (File Archive/AFP)

December 3rd, 2013 - 04:47 GMT

Violence spreads to Lebanon's south after multiple men charged for northern Tripoli clashes