Suleiman: Internal Unity Needed to Allow Army to Fulfill its Duties
President Michel Suleiman praised on Monday the army on its efforts in defending Lebanon and maintaining civil peace.
He stressed on the anniversary of the end of the Nahr al-Bared clashes the “importance of internal unity and national will in allowing the security forces and army in fulfilling their duties towards the nation and people.”
He also noted on the occasion the “suffering of the Palestinian residents of the refugee camp who were wronged because of the terrorists living among them.”
Clashes erupted between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon in May 2007 and ended in September of that year.
Some 400 people were killed in the unrest, including 168 soldiers.
Suleiman later held talks with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on the security situation in Lebanon, especially the army and security forces’ efforts to maintain stability in the North.
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