Word: syrians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BEIRUT, Lebanon--Israeli gunboats shelled the western sector of Beirut last night in what experts viewed as a warning to Syrian peacekeeping troops to stop attacking Christian parts of the city...
...Syrian force in the area returned the fire and forced the vessels to retreat in the fourth straight day of fighting. After yesterday's exchange, police reported that the casualty toll had reached 1000 killed and 1700 wounded after eight months of battles for control of Lebanon...
BEIRUT--Violence between a peace-keeping Syrian force and Christians has caused serious damage in the capital city in fighting that veterans of the Lebanese conflict say is worse than any seen during the height of the civil war last year...
...Syrian move saved the Christians who were losing the war, but they have now proved resistant to Syrian attempts to control them...
...heavy artillery, mortar and rocket barrages, mostly from Syrian guns, are responsible for the high civilian casualty toll, experts said...