Residents of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp stage sit-in outside UNRWA

Residents of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp staged Friday a sit-in outside UNRWA's offices in Beirut to protest the failure to provide them with due compensations.             

In this regard, the residents called on the concerned authorities to "swiftly" grant them their compensation, holding the UNRWA responsible for their living conditions.          

On May 19, 2007, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) surrounded a group of Fatah al-Islam militants accused of taking part in a bank robbery earlier that day.          

The ISF attacked the building the next day, unleashing a day long battle between the ISF and Fatah al-Islam militants on 200 Street, Tripoli.                  

As a response, members of Fatah al-Islam in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp attacked an army checkpoint, killing several soldiers in their sleep. The army immediately responded.                       

The camp became the center of the fighting between the Lebanese Army and Fatah al-Islam. It sustained heavy shelling while under siege. The last civilians (25 women and 38 children, the families of Fatah al-Islam members) were evacuated from the camp on Friday August 24, 2007.               

The conflict between the Lebanese Army and Fatah al-Islam ended on Sunday September 2, 2007 with the Lebanese Army taking full control of the camp after eliminating the remaining terrorist pockets.Residents of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp stage sit-in outside UNRWA