The World - News from June 15, 1986
Nabih Berri, leader of Amal, Lebanon’s principal Shia Muslim militia, and representatives of six Syrian-backed guerrilla factions proclaimed another cease-fire in an attempt to halt 27 days of fighting for control of three Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. Clashes at the camps killed seven people and wounded 55, bringing the total to at least 127 dead and 613 wounded since last month. At Mashgara, 25 miles to the southeast, pro-Syrian militiamen seized most of the town in house-to-house battles with Shia zealots that left nine people dead and 37 wounded.
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