Every once in a while, in Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon — the “capital of southern Lebanon” — there are armed clashes between Fatah and al-Qaeda-affiliated fundamentalist groups such as Fatah al-Islam.
The latest clashes took place on Sept. 17, when a Jund al-Sham gunman tried to destroy a surveillance camera installed by Fatah al-Islam, whose members reacted by opening fire on him. An armed confrontation between the two groups ensued.