The World - News from July 3, 1986
A U.N. convoy loaded with food and medical supplies entered a Palestinian refugee camp outside Beirut, ending a monthlong siege imposed by heavy fighting between Shia Muslim militiamen and Palestinian guerrillas. The convoy was set up as part of a Syrian-mediated truce ending the fighting over the Sabra, Chatilla and Borj el Brajne camps on Beirut’s southern outskirts, in which scores have been killed. After hours of delay during which Amal militiamen searched the trucks, the convoy was allowed into Borj el Brajne.
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