Al-Qaeda Taking Root in Lebanon - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammad Harfoush

Mohammad Harfoush

Jan 28, 2013

Lebanese soldiers set up concertina wire after Palestinians threw stones at the army post and started a fire at the entrance of the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp near the port-city of Sidon, in south Lebanon, June 19, 2012, to protest the recent clashes that happened between Lebanese army soldiers and Palestinians in a separate refugee camp in Lebanon. The Lebanese army shot dead two Palestinians in a refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli on Monday after confrontations broke out during the funeral of — Lebanese soldiers set up wire at the entrance of the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon, June 19, 2012. — REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

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Women are seen through a broken window after clashes at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon March 12, 2013. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between the Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on Monday. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3EW46

Salafist Factions on Rise At Palestinian Camp in Lebanon

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

Protesters chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they hold a poster of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (top), during a protest in solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters, in the port-city of Tripoli in north Lebanon October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2SCOJ

Has Al-Qaeda Infiltrated Lebanon?

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

Syrian refugee children and men gesture, as they hold flags and wear headbands during a protest marking two years since the start of the uprising in the Wadi Khaled area, northern Lebanon March 15, 2013. The headbands and flags read "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is the messenger of Allah" . REUTERS/Roula Naeimeh (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3F19U

Al-Qaeda Seen Expanding Influence in Lebanon

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

Two masked gunmen stand with their weapons at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon, March 12, 2013. Ten people were wounded and one killed during clashes between Fatah movement and radical Islamists that started on Monday. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3EW3P

Terrorist Groups Exploit Palestinians In South Lebanon

Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah