Nahr el-Bared's siege began in late May, when police raided militants' hideouts in Tripoli. Fighters ambushed army troops called in to help, after which the army laid siege to the camp with tanks and artillery.
Families of the militants -- women and children -- were evacuated late last month, the last civilians to leave the camp. Before Sunday, Lebanese officials had said up to 70 militants remained in the bombed-out camp -- down from an estimated 360 fighters when the fighting erupted.
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