Word: jounieh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharon has been pressing for just such an attack for several weeks. In mid-January, he met with Bashir Gemayel, commander of Christian Phalange forces in Lebanon, aboard an Israeli gunboat off Jounieh, a port city north of Beirut. The main subject: coordination of efforts between Israelis and Phalangists, in the event of an invasion that would bring Israeli forces as far north as the edge of Beirut International Airport. Such a penetration could also bring the Israelis into direct contact with the forces of Syria, whom many Israelis regard as the ultimate enemy of the Jewish state. What...
...civil war in 1976, the capital has been effectively divided into predominantly Christian East Beirut and Muslim West Beirut. Last week artillery and rocket fire exploded all along the Green Line, which divides the two sectors, then spread throughout the city and north 13 miles to the port of Jounieh. Beirut airport was closed after intensive shelling damaged runways and installations. The heaviest fighting occurred between Syrian troops and Christian militiamen, but there were also incidents of Lebanese army units, commanded by Christian officers, opening fire on Syrian soldiers in defiance of their orders...