Israeli Troops Leave Southern Lebanon
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Terrorism
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon
- Date: May 24, 2000
Article abstract: After eighteen years of occupying southern Lebanon, Israel finally withdrew its troops, assured by the United Nations and the government of Lebanon that their own forces would prevent future terrorist incursions across Israel’s northern border.
Lebanon and Israel
Lebanon is an Arab nation located in southwest Asia on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. One of the world’s smallest sovereign states, with an area of 4,015 square miles, it is surrounded on the north and east by Syria and on the south by Israel. In 1970, a civil...
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