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The United States and the 1958 Lebanon Crisis, American Intervention in the Middle East, 1994. Brands, H.W. Into the Labyrinth: The United States and the Middle East, 1945-1993 (1994) excerpt pp 72–80. Gendzier, Irene L. Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East 1945–1958, 1997
The United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) was established by United Nations through Security Council Resolution 128 on 11 June 1958 in response to the 1958 Lebanon crisis. The group was deployed between June and December 1958 in an observation and reporting capacity only, providing assurance that no weapons or personnel were ...
The United States had previously been involved in Lebanon during the 1958 crisis. In the aftermath of the Suez Crisis , Lebanese President Camille Chamoun faced an ordeal in 1956 when Muslim leaders demanded that he break relations with Britain and France , which had just attacked Egypt over rights to the Suez Canal .
1958: Lebanon: 1958 Lebanon crisis, Marines were landed in Lebanon at the invitation of President Camille Chamoun to help protect against threatened insurrection supported from the outside. The President's action was supported by a Congressional resolution passed in 1957 that authorized such actions in that area of the world.
Terry Anderson, a U.S. journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country's 1975-1990 ...
Lebanon crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut. Lebanon United States: Lebanese opposition: INM; LCP; PSP; US-allied victory. US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut; Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the risk of escalation in the Middle East was "acute" and that Washington and its allies were working tirelessly to avoid a full-blown war ...
The ceasefire deal that ended a relentless barrage of Israeli airstrikes and led Lebanon into a shaky peace took shape over weeks of talks and was uncertain until the final hours. U.S. envoy Amos ...