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United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON UN force in Lebanon to confirm Israeli withdrawal and assist the Lebanese government with restoring order and security. Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon in March 1978, at a crucial stage in negotiations between Egypt and Israel, caused the... Read more |
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah [Arab., = Party of God], Lebanese Shiite political party and militia. Founded in 1982 with Iranian help to oppose Israeli forces occupying S Lebanon, Hezbollah launched guerrilla attacks and suicide bombings against Israeli forces (which were a factor in Israel's withdrawal... Read more |
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Phalangist Party (Lebanon)
PHALANGE Political party in Lebanon. The Phalange (Kata Read more |
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Lebanon
Lebanon , officially Lebanese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,826,000), 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km), SW Asia. The country is bordered on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the north and east by Syria and on the south by Israel. The capital is Beirut . Land and People Much of the terrain is... Read more |
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Golan Heights
Golan Heights strategic upland region (2003 est. pop. 10,500), c.500 sq mi (1,250 sq km), SW Syria. It borders S Lebanon, NE Israel, and NW Jordan. It takes its name from the ancient city of Golan and was known as Gaulanitis in New Testament times. It is a rocky plateau overlooking Israel where... Read more |
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Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the Mediterranean and on the east by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and includes all or parts of Israel, the West Bank, Jordan,... Read more |
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Jordan (river)
Jordan river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea ; the region of Palestine's longest and most important river and the world's lowest river below sea level. It flows... Read more |
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Sandstorms
Bedu PRONUNCIATION:BEH-doo ALTERNATE NAMES:Bedouin LOCATION:Deserts of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt POPULATION:4–5 million LANGUAGE:Arabic RELIGION:Islam 1 •... Read more |
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Camille Chamoun
Camille Chamoun , 1900-1987, Lebanese political leader. Chamoun held a variety of governmental posts before serving as president of Lebanon (1952-58). A Maronite Christian, Chamoun was opposed by Muslim leaders who disliked his pro-Western policies. The Muslim groups openly rebelled against... Read more |
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Philip Charles Habib
Philip Charles Habib , 1920-92, American diplomat, b. New York City. A career foreign service officer (1949-80), he served in various embassy and State Dept. posts. Habib took part in negotiations that led to the Paris peace accords with North Vietnam and the Camp David accords , and was ambassador... Read more |
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Israel Strikes Syrian Post In Lebanon; Raid Comes in Retaliation For Recent...
...into neighboring Lebanon and struck a Syrian army antiaircraft position today...guerrillas along Israel's northern...retaliation for an attack Friday by Hezbollah...relations between Israel and Syria. It...troops it keeps in ... |
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Lebanon border nears crisis point: Hizbullah may be responsible for rocket...
...border observation posts candidly speak...The unclaimed attack was the first...troops from south Lebanon, ending a 22...sources in south Lebanon believe that the attacks were probably...source in south Lebanon said. ... |
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After months, fighting in northern Israel
...in previous attacks, and both...north of the Israel-Lebanon border. Israeli...often fly over Lebanon. Gissin said...Israeli military posts in an occupied...called that attack retaliation...It blamed Israel ... |
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Israel Steps Up Attacks, Killing 12 in Lebanon // Thousands Flee From...
...intensified their attacks on Lebanese...and south Lebanon Friday...escalation of Israel's campaign...Hezbollah rocket attack on Israel Friday morning, Israel upped the...these south Lebanon hills to...their ... |
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ISRAEL UNLEASHES MORE AIR ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON.(MAIN)
...LANCASTER Washington Post NABATIYAH, Lebanon -- Israeli warplanes...intensified their attacks on Lebanese guerrillas...Beirut and South Lebanon Friday, killing...escalation of Israel's campaign...in south Lebanon. The ... |
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'Syria resupplying Hizbullah with long-range missiles'. IDF assessment: Assad...
...Jerusalem Post 12-04...talks with Israel; Hizbullah to attack Israel 'sooner or...Hizbullah in Lebanon over the past...the North. Israel is concerned...to launch attacks against Israel...by ... |
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MIDDLE EAST
...officials in southern Lebanon said two Israeli...officials in south Lebanon said at least...the afternoon attack.Black smoke...casualties.In Israel, the army said...two Hezbollah posts.The Israeli...first in south Lebanon ... |
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Israel Blockades, Bombs Lebanon While Hezbollah Rains Rocket Fire; Two-Day...
...Lebanese civilians. Israel said the radical...rockets into northern Israel, including two...were heard, and antiaircraft fire and flares...clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. The Israeli attacks on Beirut's airport...runways and an evening ... |
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Peretz: IDF must keep Gaza from becoming 2nd Lebanon. Israel confirms it used...
...Jerusalem Post 10-23-2006...becoming 2nd Lebanon. Israel confirms it...2006 -- Israel has no intention...preventing attacks, Defense Minister...into a second Lebanon," Peretz...antitank and even antiaircraft ... |
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Israel Steps Up Lebanese Attacks; 12 Killed, Including Syrian Soldier, in Air...
...this morning, Israel upped the ante...in these south Lebanon hills to flee...their second attack in two days on...Syrian military post on the seaside...retaliated against antiaircraft fire. The United...to the Israeli ... |