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| Lebanon's army says it has taken full control of a Palestinian refugee camp where its troops have been battling Islamist militants since May. | Lebanon's army says it has taken full control of a Palestinian refugee camp where its troops have been battling Islamist militants since May. |
| The announcement came after troops said they had killed 28 Fatah al-Islam militants who tried to break out of the besieged Nahr El-Bared camp. | The announcement came after troops said they had killed 28 Fatah al-Islam militants who tried to break out of the besieged Nahr El-Bared camp. |
| Troops fired celebratory shots to signal the end of the stand-off. | Troops fired celebratory shots to signal the end of the stand-off. |
| The fighting has killed more than 300 people and forced nearly 40,000 Palestinian refugees to flee. | The fighting has killed more than 300 people and forced nearly 40,000 Palestinian refugees to flee. |
| FATAH AL-ISLAM Split from Palestinian group Fatah al-Intifada in late 2006In May, had 150-200 armed men in Nahr al-Bared campDenies al-Qaeda links but says it endorses its ideasHas links with Syrian intelligence, Lebanon saysLeader is Shaker al-Abssi class="" href="/1/hi/world/middle_east/6676369.stm">Profile: Fatah al-Islam | |
| A spokesman for the Lebanese prime minister told the BBC that resistance has collapsed at the camp and the army was now in control. | |
| Troops are still hunting for any escaped militants in the surrounding area of northern Lebanon and the army issued a statement appealing to residents of nearby villages to help in the search. | |
| Army officials said troops were no longer encountering any resistance and have moved inside the camp and are searching for booby traps and unexploded ordinance there. | |
| Five soldiers are reported to have died in Sunday's violence. | |
| A BBC correspondent in Lebanon says the fighting at the camp has been the worst internal violence in Lebanon since the end of the civil war in 1990. | |
| Fatah al-Islam, which has been linked to al-Qaeda, emerged in 2006 when it split from Fatah al-Intifada (Fatah Uprising), a Syrian-backed Palestinian group based in Lebanon. | |
| The Lebanese government has also linked Fatah al-Islam to the Syrian intelligence services. Officials in Damascus and Fatah al-Islam deny the connection. |