Battle of the Hotels
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The Battle of the Hotels was a subconflict within the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War that occurred in the Minet-el-Hosn hotel district of downtown Beirut. This area was one of the first major
The partially damaged Holiday Inn Beirut in the hotel district of Beirut, with the Phoenicia in front of it on the right in 2009
The Holiday Inn Beirut was used as a vantage point for militia snipers and was badly damaged
Ruins of the Saint-Georges Hotel, on the right in 2005
Lebanese Armed Forces
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The Lebanese Armed Forces, also known as the Lebanese Army, is the national military of Lebanon. It consists of three branches, the ground forces, the air force, and the navy. The motto of the Lebanes
Battle of the Hotels
…the Internal Security Forces (ISF), using their Chaimite V200 armored cars and loaned M113 and Panhard M3 VTT armored personnel carriers (APCs) by the Lebanese Army, and fighting resumed as soon as the operation had been completed. Another ceasefire was arranged on October 31 to enable the evacuees to return to…
Lebanese soldiers during the mutasarrif period
A Lebanese M113 APC in Beirut, during the unrest of May 9, 2008.
A joint patrol by the Lebanese Army and South Korean troops serving with UNIFIL in 2011
ACU Universal Camouflage Pattern