Palestinian groups in Lebanon to disarm on Thursday: committee

Palestinian armed groups in Lebanese will start handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday, a joint committee said.

"Today marks the beginning of the first phase of the process of handing over weapons from inside the Palestinian camps," Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee chairman Ramez Dimashkieh said in a statement.

He said the process would begin with the Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut, where an initial batch of weapons would be delivered and placed in the custody of the Lebanese army.