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Gemayel had planned to use the IDF to push the Syrian Army out of Lebanon and then use his relations with the Americans to pressure the Israelis into withdrawing from Lebanese territory. [4] On 23 August 1982, being the only one to declare candidacy, Gemayel was elected president in an election boycotted by Muslim MPs, as he prevailed over the ...
The Teaching Institute, also known as the Training Institute (Arabic: معهد التعليم Maa'had al-taa'lim), is a Lebanese Armed Forces training center. Established on August 7, 1961 as a teaching school in north Lebanon, [1] it was restructured, reconstructed, and reorganized many times during Lebanon's civil war. Its last major overhaul ...
On 20 September 2024, Israel launched an air attack that leveled an apartment building in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. [2] The attack killed at least 45 people, including 16 Hezbollah militants, including commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe. The other victims were civilians, including at least three children and seven women.
Killed by a car bomb blast at around 23:00 in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. September 10, 2008 Saleh al Aridi, leader of the Lebanese Democratic Party: Baissour: Car bomb Unknown Killed by a 700gm bomb placed in his car outside his home in Aley District: March 23, 2009 Kamal Naji, deputy representative of the PLO in Lebanon ...
Ibrahim Aqil (Arabic: إبراهيم عقيل; 24 December 1962 – 20 September 2024; also known by his aliases Al-Hajj Tahsin [4] or Al-Hajj Abdul Khader) was a Lebanese militant leader [5] who served as commander-in-chief of Hezbollah's special operations unit, the Redwan Force.
6 June 1982 – Israel undertakes military action in Southern Lebanon: Operation "Peace for Galilee." 23 August 1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected to be Lebanon's president. 25 August 1982 – A MNF of approximately 400 French, 800 Italian soldiers and 800 marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) are deployed in Beirut as part of a peacekeeping force to oversee the evacuation of ...
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Sixteenth Air Force (16 AF)'s original ancestor was the Joint United States Military Group, Air Administration (Spain), which was established on 20 May 1954. It was attached to the Joint U.S. Military Group, which oversaw implementation of the 1953 Spanish-American Defense Cooperation Agreement.