AFP - Nabil ISMAIL A pro-Syrian militiaman... - Lot 144 - Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine

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AFP - Nabil ISMAIL A pro-Syrian militiaman... - Lot 144 - Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine
AFP - Nabil ISMAIL A pro-Syrian militiaman from the Lebanese Alawite Arab Democratic Party fires a machine gun while fighting the pro-Arafat Islamic Unification Movement for control of the city and its port. Tripoli, October 1, 1985. A pro-Syrian militiaman from the Lebanese Alawite Arab Democratic Party fires a machine gun while fighting against the pro-Arafat Islamic Unification Movement for control of the city and its port. Tripoli, October 1, 1985. Silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Dry AFP stamp in lower right margin. Stamp "AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N°: 1/1" on verso. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Blind stamp AFP in the lower right margin. Stamp " AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N° : 1/1 " on verso. Image : 31 x 46 cm - 12.2 x 18.1 in Paper : 40 x 50 cm - 15 .7 x 19.7 in The port was reportedly used to distribute arms and supplies to Arafat's loyalists. Four weeks of intense fighting between rival militias in Tripoli in September and October 1985 were interpreted as part of the Syrian campaign to prevent the reappearance in Lebanon of the pro-Arafat wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Over 500 people were killed and 500,000 driven from their homes before a ceasefire was agreed in Damascus in early October 1985 and the Syrian army entered the city. The port was reportedly used to distribute arms and supplies to Arafat loyalists. Four weeks of intense fighting between rival militias in Tripoli in September and October 1985 were interpreted as part of the Syrian campaign to prevent the reemergence of the pro-Arafat wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon. More than 500 people were killed and 500,000 were driven from their homes before a ceasefire was reached in Damascus in early October 1985 and the Syrian army entered the city.
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