Nahr el Bared Information | معلومات عن مخيم نهر البارد

In may 2007, nahr al-bared refugee camp in north lebanon, home to over 30,000 palestinian refugees, became the site of a 4-month battle between the lebanese army and the extremist group fatah al-islam.
during this time over 40 civilians, 167 soldiers and over 200 fatah al-islam fighters were killed. 30,000 refugees were displaced. from the official end of the battle, in early september, until the 10th of october the camp was under exclusive lebanese army control.

A view from the Helicopter from the top of Nahr el Bared Camp

(Beirut, June 13, 2007) – The Lebanese army and internal security forces have arbitrarily detained and physically abused some Palestinian men fleeing the fighting in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, Human Rights Watch said today.

Since Sunday, more than 340 civilians have fled the camp in northern Lebanon, where fighting between the Lebanese army and the armed group Fatah al-Islam has entered its fourth week. The Lebanese army is interrogating many of the men as they leave the camp, and detaining those suspected of supporting or having information about Fatah al-Islam.

Media calls are coming in. Between Rania's press release and the Middle East Research and Information Project's press release we're getting lots of calls. I was on a radio station in Ramallah yesterday (he tried calling Rania & Sharif, but I think they were both teaching as he couldn't get through; he wants to call again to interview them) called Ram FM (http://www.ramfm.net/). The man who interviewed me, Abdullah Erakat, wants to be updated as to what we're doing and interview us again later when we have other news.

Dr. Marcy Newman, Live from Lebanon

This is an interview conducted by two of our volunteers from a doctor with family from Nahr el Bared refugee camp. There are two files attached: one in Arabic and one in English.

Interview in Arabic [41.5 KB]
Interview in English [32.5 KB]