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Alberto Arellano

Lebanon’s PM Urges End To Hostilities In Palestinian Camp, Warns Of Intervention

In this handout photograph provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati during a meeting on January 20, 2013 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO BY THAER GHANAIM/GETTY IMAGES

The Lebanese Armed Forces may be forced to intervene and restore order in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanese interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati has warned Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.

During a phone call, Lebanon’s prime minister reportedly told Abbas to put an immediate end to the hostilities in Ain al-Hilweh camp. The statement, cited by the Associated Press on Thursday, called the internecine fighting a “flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty.”

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