The Lebanese security authorities received information this month that the emir of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, Abu-Mohammad al-Golani, recently visited the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. The information added that he held meetings with Salafist groups that support his front, most notably Fatah al-Islam and Jund al-Sham, which resulted in an agreement to carry out military operations against Hezbollah and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). According to informed sources, the information was obtained from Western sources and details related to it are currently being probed.
A military source in the Lebanese intelligence services told Al-Monitor that they have reason to believe that the person who visited the camp was a representative of Golani, not Golani himself.
